Steve Kroenke's Post about Owls

[Guest]

Steve, just wanted to let you know that I read most of your lengthly post about owls. I learned some valuable information, not the least of which is that I have barred owls in my area. For several years, I have heard the eerie night calls of some type of flying creatures--not realizing it was owls. The sound makes me want to go inside to the safety of my home.

I plan to try your idea of sound to distract the owls at night. I had been thinking about hanging a lot of wind chimes in the trees around my colony, but now I may also add loud music.

Your post was so long, I believe a lot of people may not have read all of it. I wish you would condense and repeat the part about playing loud music at night to fool the owls. Of course, this would work only if you have no close neighbors.

[Steve Kroenke]

Yes, my post was long! I tried to cover many aspects of owl predation on purple martins. I may post a condensed version of the sound deterrent method. However, using sound is probably not practical in many locations unless you could use something more acceptable like "white noise". A buzzing sound that masks the male martins' nocturnal vocalizations may work while not creating irate neighbors!

Steve