Owls and Rats: 04/17/05
Sean and I spent an hour at Sulphur Creek today. In the museum they have set up a webcam via closed circuit TV to a nesting pair of barn owls. This one pair laid eight eggs, five of which hatched. Each barn owl eats a rat a day, so this one family is going through seven rats a day.

But they are not the only barn owl family in the area. The docent told us that they've counted fifty nesting pairs of barn owls! Imagine how many rats get eaten every day. If it weren't for the owls (and the cats) we would be awash in rodents up here in the foothills.

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