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Field Guide to Owls of California and the West now available!
Recommended by Hungry Owls everywhere!

PARTNERS:

WildCare

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!

Zach Wilder, Sonoma-Marin Arborists - 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!

Habitat for Hooters - Helping barn owls in Napa, CA

Care for a little wine with your owls? The Hungry Owl Project loves Delicato Vineyards for its use and promotion of owl pest management in its vineyards, and for supporting an Evening with Owls, as well as our live owl cam.

Friend of HOP: 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.

Other owl projects:

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.

What Can You Do to Help Owls?

We Give a Hoot? Do you?

OPM (Owl Pest Management)—Alive and well in Fresno, CA

The Proof is in the Pellet
National Audubon Magazine feature on a barn owl project in Fresno, California directed by Cathy Garner.

More about the Fresno Barn Owl project

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

Barn Owl Trust - UK charity conserving the Barn Owl and its environment

The Owl Foundation

Global Owl Project

Festival of Owls

Owl Research Institute

Owling.com

Live Owl Cam
From Intuitive ISP in Benicia, CA A peek inside an active barn owl box where owls nest each year.

Archived photos of the Benicia owls
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Alternatives to Pesticides:

Californians for Alternatives to Toxics

Beyond Pesticides—Beyond Pesticides , working with allies to protect public health and environment, is leading the transition to a world free of toxic pesticides.

Suburban Habitat - Novato: products, information and advice based on respect for the environment and healthy solutions that work.

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.

Interview with a Barn Owl

An Analysis of barn owl diet

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

 

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