tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337944200125824552.post5861937167210623936..comments2023-05-18T09:30:57.966-04:00Comments on HawkTalk: Why the chicken crossed the road...Monteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155416084307447723noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337944200125824552.post-47553484017707726882010-12-01T13:20:58.929-05:002010-12-01T13:20:58.929-05:00You are correct sir or madam...and I have already ...You are correct sir or madam...and I have already filed a report with FWS Law Enforcement. Barn owls are not common in this area, so I don't have a chance to work with them very often, esp. babes. I have very good luck hacking Screech and Barred owl babes (and ALL the hawks), but no luck with the Great Horned babes. They take off never to be seen by me again...Monteenhttp://www.hawktalk.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337944200125824552.post-18426132087559431982010-12-01T13:04:43.638-05:002010-12-01T13:04:43.638-05:00"It seems they disturbed an active nest and n..."It seems they disturbed an active nest and now I have three babies to raise."<br />The ignorant poisoning may not be illegal but disturbing a nest violates the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Report this to the US Fish & Wildlife Service. I know enforcement is lax, but still...as for hacking, seems to me (I volunteer with a group that does hacking of barn owls, in California) that barn owls hunting ability is purely instinctual. As long as you keep putting out the food for a period of time that should replicate the feeding by parents who would gradually reduce the delivery of food.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com