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 ...

If you've ever lost a bed of tulips to a voracious vole or had a mouse destroy your peas, you may want to put an owl nest box at the top of your wishlist. Every gardener deserves an owl. These ...

I am interested in getting an owl box. I have researched the Hungry Owl Project on the Internet, but I can’t find out which type of owl frequents our area. A friend in Grass Valley has the same ...

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.

We installed a barn owl nest box in a backyard tree. We want to attract owls so they will eat rodents that are active at night. But fox squirrels moved into the owl nest box and are using it for their ...

Rodent pests have always been a problem in Sonoma County. If you spend time on Nextdoor, you’ll notice a steady stream of ...

When Scott Rashid opened the door to a barn owl nesting box Tuesday, hissing sounds filled the surrounding area. The three owlets inside seemed frightened. But they didn’t need to be. The scientist ...

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 ...

Dear Gary: After seeing and hearing barn owls in our backyard last summer and fall, we decided to put up a barn owl nest box. It is on a pine tree trunk, approximately 20 feet above the ground.