True to their name, barn owls nest and roost in barns, silos and other human-made structures. These types of owls can also be found living in large nest boxes, tree cavities and caves. The skilled ...

They will be judged on their quality, style and originality. Carmel Bechler (Israel) discovered several barn owls in an abandoned, concrete building near a busy road. Returning to where he’d spotted a ...

Nick Davis shows a couple of gopher skulls he pulled from owl pellets near one of his barn owl boxes. The owls eat the rodents whole and then regurgitate the fur and bones in the form of a pellet.

“A pair of barn owls eats between 2,000 and 6,000 rodents every year, allowing farmers to stop using pesticides,” says Yossi Leshem, professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University’s School of Zoolog ...