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Hunting decoys are the early predecessors of garden owls. Both Native Americans and Europeans used bird decoys in strategic hunting practices. [15] [16] European records show efforts to reducing bird damage to crops though usage of decoys dating back to the 1400s. Books on pest control that mention using decoys were written in the 1600s. [17]
This makes the barn owl one of the most economically valuable wildlife animals for agriculture. Farmers often find these owls more effective than poison in keeping down rodent pests, and they can encourage barn owl habitation by providing nesting sites. [27]
The morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae), better known as the morepork owl, and also known by numerous other onomatopoeic names (such as boobook, mopoke or ruru), [3] is a smallish, brown owl species found in New Zealand, and to the northwest, on Norfolk Island, an Australian territory. It was also, formerly, found on Lord Howe Island. [3]
A purpose-built owl-house or owlery at a farm near Morton on the Hill, England (2006) Encouraging natural predators to control rodent population is a natural form of pest control, along with excluding food sources for rodents.
Pellets from a long-eared owl. The alimentary canal of a bird. Long-eared owl pellets and rodent bones obtained from dissected pellets (1 bar = 1 cm). A pellet, in ornithology, is the mass of undigested parts of a bird's food that some bird species occasionally regurgitate.
Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, whether pest animals such as insects and mites, weeds, or pathogens affecting animals or plants by using other organisms. [1] It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms, but typically also involves an active human management role.
Other characteristics of the bay owl are groupings of feathers that resemble ears, and a divided face disk. [1] Bay owls have also been described as having U-or V-shaped faces. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The wings are rounded; they and their tail are chestnut-brown, with a few narrow, dark bars. [ 6 ]
The Sri Lanka bay owl (Phodilus assimilis) is a species of bay owl in the family Tytonidae. It is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats in Kerala , South Western India. It was considered a subspecies of the Oriental bay owl ( Phodilus badius ) but is now treated as a full species due to its distinctive call, plumage and ...