Summary of California studies analyzing the diet of barn owls

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Start: 2026-02-04T09:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-02-04T11:00:00-08:00
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First two sentences: Farmers and ranchers are looking closely at the benefits barn owls offer as an alternative method of controlling vertebrate pests (see Sustainable Agriculture Vol. 5, No. 1). The diet of the barn owl (Tyto alba) is relatively easy to ascertain, and several dozen studies have been conducted throughout the U.S. to determine the prey species consumed (Clark and Bunck, 1991).