Natural predators come in all sizes, shapes and classes. There are generalists that eat whatever they can get a hold of to specialists that just hunt and consume certain species in a particular way.

Owls are adept at controlling pest populations — a skill you can use in your backyard while protecting owls from secondary poisoning caused by rodent killers. “A single adult barn owl may eat 1,000 ...

“A little more over that way, between those two boards, I think” she said. “That gives us room to open the access door.” A day spent with Amy Kearns setting up nesting boxes for barn owls was a day ...