If you’re a lover of wildlife, inviting a more varied population of birds into your yard is always a goal. Owls, with their natural pest-control abilities, are an often-overlooked friend to the garden ...

Who wants to see an owl? Who wants to hear an owl? Who wants to build homes for an owl? Who? Who? Who? One of the best ways to do that is to build an owl nesting box, and it's easier than you might ...

Natural predators come in all sizes, shapes and classes. There are generalists that eat whatever they can get a hold of to specialists that just hunt and consume certain species in a particular way.

Two years ago, Jack Chappen, of New Berlin, constructed barn owl boxes as his Eagle Scout project. He then searched for ideal locations to install his 10 boxes in Union, Snyder, Northumberland and ...

John Schuster of Cotati took his passion for birds and turned it into his business. Schuster’s company, Wild Wing Co., helps landowners attract barn owls to keep rodents in check. He came to the ...

WATSONVILLE — The barn owl is a killer. A highly efficient predator that can easily hunt down, tear apart and consume 12 rodents a night. “If you get a nesting pair and say four juvenile owlets in a ...

Want to have an owl nest in your backyard? It's time to start to thinking about building a nesting box for your backyard. Surprisingly, winter is the best time to put up an owl nesting box. You could ...