WAYS TO HELP OWLS

– Make your windows more visible

– Use safe pest control methods (avoid glue traps and anticoagulent rodent poisons)

Keep cats indoors (cats kill small owls and large owls kill cats)

– Put up owl nest boxes (only if you are sure the neighbours aren’t using baits)

– Leave dead trees standing (to provide nest holes and calling perches for owls)

– Report nesting owls

– Don’t feed owls

– Give owls space

– Replace your barbed wire fences

– Make non-barbed wire fences more visible

– Take down soccer nets when not in use (owls get caught in them)

– Let your lawns grow (mowed grass doesn’t support the species owls prey on)

– Observe young owls on the ground to make sure they need help before intervening

– Report people who are harming or selling owls

– Drive more carefully after dusk

– Protect old growth forests and protect habitat

– Avoid using artificial lights after dark

– Keep your drones away from owls

– Support and donate to owl research and conservation