Category

Eastern Screech Owl

Eastern screech owls, a small raptor seen and loved in U.S. suburban neighborhoods, was once at risk from DDT and bounties, and still can be a victim of cats and rodenticides,

Interviews

Narrator: Mary Anne MorrisTitle: Bounties and PoisonsDuration: 00:05:13Date: July 2, 2020Mary Anne Morris, the former Education Director for the Houston Audubon Society and an experienced bird rehabber and trainer, describes the many risks that raptors have faced over the years, including bounty hunting and DDT use, to, more recently, wide exposure to rodenticides.Narrator: Mary Anne MorrisTitle: Cats and BirdsDuration: 00:02:13Date: July 2, 2020Mary Anne Morris was the Education Director for the Houston Audubon Society, and managed its Raptor and Education Center on Sims Bayou. Here she explains the danger that feral cats and free-roaming house cats pose to screech owls, kestrels, and other raptors.