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Our bird forums are designed to allow enthusiasts to post questions, answers, comments, and photos on barn owls, bluebirds, kestrels, and screech owls. Subjects include any aspect of their biology, attracting them, maintaining their nest boxes, and using them in pest control programs. Each bird has its separate forum to allow greater organization of the information. Don’t hesitate to ask or include information regarding other birds such as screech owls, kestrels, and songbirds.
Bluebirds begin breeding in early to late March in most areas. Breeding begins with males staking out potential nest sites and advertising them to prospective females with display flights and calls. Once the female chooses a site, she alone will…
The screech owl does not really screech. Its main calls are a soft tremolo and a whinny. The western screech owl call sounds like a bouncing ball. Screech owls are easily attracted to nest boxes. Screech owls eat mainly rodents.…
Combine day-hunting kestrels with nocturnal-hunting barn owls to hit rodent populations around the clock. During breeding season, a kestrel family can consume upwards of 500 voles or mice, and a large number of injurious insects including grasshoppers and locusts. Numerous…
The seventeen species of barn owls are so different than from all the other 200-plus owls in the world that they are placed in their own taxonomic division. This difference is manifested not only in the physiology of barn owls,…
