Our Partners and helpful links

Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
The Small World Tree Company - Jim Cairnes, our invaluable volunteer tree climber, provides us with invaluable help returning raptors to the nest and installing owl boxes. We highly recommend Small World for all your arboreal needs in Marin County!
Sonoma-Marin Arborists - Zach Wilder, many thanks for helping return young raptors to their nests and for owl box installations. Please consider patronizing Sonoma-Marin Arborists for tree service!
Morning Glory Cottage - Our own Trinka Marris runs Morning Glory Cottage - a lovely place for bird watchers. Mornings are especially glorious on this little farm! Nestled in the heart of Bear Valley, between Point Reyes National Seashore and the Olema Marsh, lies Morning Glory Cottage. Wake up to the sounds of the rooster crowing and the song of the Red-winged blackbird, as they sing in the new dawn.
Keep Barn Owls In Berkeley!—Keep Barn Owls in Berkeley (KBOIB) is a small, dedicated band of birding enthusiasts who seek to preserve the small population of Barn Owls that makes Berkeley its home. The presence of these amazing birds provides opportunity to educate and inform the community of the Barn Owl’s integral role in urban ecosystems
Nature Trips - We recommend Nature Trips and appreciate their help with our project!
Kendall-Jackson Vineyards has purchased 100 owl boxes from HOP for non-toxic rodent control in their vineyards.

Friends of HOP:
Mary Blake: Mary designed our beautiful logo and is a wonderful artist and friend to WildCare and teh Hungry Owl Project.
Jeannine Jourdan, artist, Jeannine Jourdan creates egg tempera portraits of insects and animals. Her love of the old masters tradition and the contemporary perspective she brings to her subject matter evoke a mysterious and exotic quality to her
representational paintings.

Humane Wildlife Solutions
WildCare Solutions Service: Humane pest control and exclusion Serving the Northern California Bay Area
Texas: 911 Wildlife
Oklahoma: The Skunk Whisperer
Predator Defense - Stop the government's taxpayer funded war on wildlife! Beneficial predators are being killed by the thousands by our government, for the benefit of private ranchers.
Project Coyote - Coexisting with our wild neighbors. Beneficial predators such as coyotes provide us with free pest control services

Articles & Information:
Poisoning the Imperiled An important article from the National Wildlife Federation: Three decades after DDT was banned, pesticides still take a toll on the nation's most vulnerable species.
Farmers, Conservationists Seek Return of Barn Owls - National Geographic
Life Histories of Familiar North American Birds by A.C. Bent - It should be noted that these fascinating accounts of barn owls were written many years ago when it was common practice to violate the nests of birds in the name of research, and to even kill birds. These things are no longer acceptable and, in fact, all native birds are protected by Federal and State laws and their nests may not be interfered with or destroyed.

Nature & Conservation Groups:
Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) Protecting salmon habitat protects forests, our water, birds, and mammals.
Marin Nature Adventures —All Marin Nature Adventures are led by certified naturalists Sharon 'Heron' Barnett and Kevin Stockmann. We offer fun-filled guided Hikes, Tide Pooling, Bird Watching, Bicycling, Mountain Bike Tours, Nature Birthday Parties and other Natural History Programs in beautiful Marin County, California.
Wildlife Direct - Throughout Africa conservationists are carrying out critical work to protect wildlife and habitats, often under difficult, isolated and sometimes dangerous conditions. WildlifeDirect was established to provide support to these conservationists via the use of blogs – this enables anybody, anywhere to play a direct and interactive role in the survival of some of the world’s most precious species

Other owl projects and education:
Backyard Barn Owls Video - this amazing video shows the entire breeding cycle of a pair of owls in Fallbrook, CA. Entertaining and educational. This is the video we show at many of our presentations. A great way to introduce kids to Barn Owls.
Owlpages.com
Our favorite place to go owling on the web.
Skyhunters - An educational non-profit in the South Bay teaching awareness and respect for wildlife using live, native birds of prey.
The Owl Research Institute
The Owl Foundation
Global Owl Project
Archived photos of the Benicia owls
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Controlling Gophers & Moles
List of Gopher Resistant Plants (pdf)
Critter Repellent
Gophers Limited - Thomas Wittman
Underground Movement - Gophers
"The Gopher Guy" (gopher and mole trapping)
Gregg Crawford: 707-537-1415 or 707-799-6730

Please note: we do not advocate the killing of any creature, but we know that it is sometimes deemed necessary and if it has to happen we want to offer people the least cruel and least toxic options.

RATS!
WildCare's Wildlife Solutions Service - Protecting their home and yours! 415-453-1000
Bio-Pest: Earth Friendly Pest Control for Marin & Sonoma
GET SET, INC.
Havahart & Victor Pest Control
Sieg's Abatement 707-762-7271
Ask the Bug Man! Environmentally Safe Ways to Control Household Pests
How To Manage Pests - University of California
A Guide to House Mouse Control (pdf) from beyondpesticides.org