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[dylanford <dylanford@optonline.net>]

Sals

If you want to get an idea of what goes on in your Barn Owl nest box, check 
this nest-cam that monitors a hollow tree nest in CA. Lots of vermin go down 
the gullets of the babies in the course of their fledging.

http://www.starrranch.org/blog/?page_id=2

dylan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: sals3 
  To: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group ; permaculture ; 
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  Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:27 AM
  Subject: [permaculture] my barn owl has at least 4 babys in the nest box 
Imade for her.


  I so happy.  every year for the last 4 years I have found young in the barn 
  owl nest box.  I put up another nest box .  I hear if you have young barn 
  owls you have a mice,rat,and gopher catcher working for you every night.  I 
  think the two parents have to eat a rat or gopher every night and the young 
  6 or so mice each.  Nice.  to bad we use so much pesticides  on farms and 
  take away nesting trees these guy sure are good workers. nest boxes are 
easy 
  to make and for me have really paid off.  I am so sad when I find a dead 
  barn owl. 

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