A couple of weeks ago I had to take my dog to a veterinary hospital in
Ellensburg because of rat poison ingestion. While waiting for the dog to
regurgitate, the vet showed me a cage with 3 baby barn owls, and another
with a sick looking adult. He said that they get 40 to 100 barn owls each
year from E Wash Farmers, who retrieve them from their nests in hay stacks.
This occurs when they move the haystacks and break them apart. The
veterinary hospital cares for the birds and then releases them if and when
they recover. This is all done "pro bono", and without any publicity. It
is nice to know that all these farmers and this veterinarian care this much
about the birds.

I had no idea that hay stacks were a favored nesting site for barn owls.

BTW, my Jack Russell vomited and recovered after his apomorphine shot.

Bill

Wm Mulligan
8423 Calif Av SW
Seattle WA 98136
206-932-4340


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