Saving urban owls through the Owl Box Project
DAINFERN – The McCallum family are overjoyed that a family of Spotted Eagle Owls (Bubo africanus) have decided to call their chimney home.
Parkhurst residents aim to make the suburb an ideal site for owls
The Parkhurst suburb of Gauteng is aiming to become the first rodenticide free suburb in South Africa. This will be achieved through a combination of commitment from Parkhurst residents, owl boxes, environmental design, humane rat traps and EcoSolutions' rodent flashers. EcoSolutions Urban Ecology is very proud to be a part of this initiative.
Rat crisis in Diepsloot
FOURWAYS – Diepsloot residents under a siege of infestation.
Resident owl and her baby are ringed
GREENSIDE – A female owl and her owlet, who are living in an owl box on Gleneagles Road in Greenside, were ringed so that they can be easily identified in future.
Owls can continue to enjoy the safe haven on Gleneagles Road
GREENSIDE – Newly installed signs on Gleneagles Road hope to encourage residents and motorists to be aware of owl activity.
Vehicles, lack of hunting and nesting sites threaten urban Barn Owls: Report
VANCOUVER — One of Canada's largest populations of barn owls may be more aptly named bridge or overpass owls because they're losing normal roosting spaces and struggling to adapt to urbanisation, a new study says.
