Posts Tagged ‘owl boxes’

An owl at home

Is there any­one who doesn’t love the mag­nif­i­cent, noc­tur­nal owl ? (except for rodents!) Owls are such iconic and highly spe­cial­ized birds, and yet I have seen so few of them in my life­time. See­ing an owl is an event. With this in mind I vis­ited the Hun­gry Owl (www​.hun​gry​owl​.org/), a web­site based in Marin, Cal­i­for­nia devoted to the preser­va­tion and pro­tec­tion of owls. This orga­ni­za­tion is seri­ous about owls. Some to the things you will learn: owls are on the decline, espe­cially in the Mid­west; there is no safe rat poi­son; owls can con­sume a third of their body weight per night; and a fam­ily of 5 can con­sume 3000 rodents in breed­ing sea­son. The Hun­gry Owl Project sells owl boxes, plans for owl boxes, bat houses and blue­bird boxes, and will instruct you on exactly how to use them.

On another note: On the web @ http://www​.rich​mond​grows​.org/: A seed lend­ing library in Rich­mond, Ca., north­east of San Fran­cisco, that is oper­ated out of a pub­lic library.

Nopal­ito Native Plant Nurs­ery In Ven­tura will be hold­ing the fol­low­ing talk this Sat­ur­day, August 21, 2010, Native Plants for Park­ing Strips… Ugly Title, Beau­ti­ful Results, with Bar­bara Eisen­stein, gar­den blog­ger and hor­ti­cul­tur­ist. Go to www​.Nopali​tonurs​ery​.com.