A battle between crows and an owl erupts in a South Bay neighborhood.
WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA – MAY 19: A Great horned owl sits perched on a tree branch at Shell Ridge Open Space in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Yesterday, a murder of crows was making a terrible racket in our back garden. When we investigated there was a huge great horned owl perched in our next door neighbor’s tree. It was being attacked by the crows. It flew to an adjacent oak and managed to move under the canopy so the crows couldn’t continue to bombard him.
The great horned owl is common in the Bay Area, and this one probably wandered into your neighborhood in search of food. They eat a wide variety of creatures ranging in size from insects to skunks. They also eat a lot of rats, which is a good reason to welcome them into the neighborhood and to avoid using rat poisons.
With the crows frightened away, you might see more of the owl. It’s nocturnal, but it’s not unusual to see them out in the daytime. Listen for their calls, a stuttering series of deep hoots, hoo-h’HOO-hoo-hoo.Your readers are amazing! Thanks to their support, in four weeks we’ve received 219 donations totaling $54,188. That brings our total raised to $417,407 out of the $500,000 project costs and 83% of our goal.
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