A friend living near C 470 and Platte Canyon called about an owl in his yard. He had been having trouble with heavy amts of bird droppings on his mailbox since this summer and, tiring of it, went to chase the bird out of his pine tree. To his surprise, it was a little owl perched about 8 ft up on a limb. A picture confirmed a saw-whet owl. He thinks the same bird has been there since this summer because of the continued droppings at the same site.
So, I'm not used to hearing about saw-whet owls taking up residence in the city or suburbs. Is this common? The bird lets him get a close look which he has been doing a couple times a day and we chatted about keeping interaction and interference to a minimum.
We dissected a couple of little owl pellets and they were of mice. John had noted that he hadn't had the normal influx of mice this fall! What could be better? No mice and no need to clean kitty litter! (well, you guys know me better than that...)
Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe County
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