I have friends living near Duluth who have barred owls nesting on their property. They have seen them eating earthworms fairly often as I recall.
Gail Wieberdink -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 1:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mou-net] Unusual Barred Owl Behavior Owls can have quite a varied diet that includes insects, spiders, and worms. Drew Smith <[email protected]> wrote:While I typically don't write messages of this nature, but this was so unusual I think others may be interested as well. We have a neighborhood pair of Barred Owls, one of which has been easily seen the last few days. This afternoon about 5:00 P.M., the owl flew from its perch in a tree to the bare ground, and walked over and picked an earthworm up with its beak, and proceeded to eat it. A crow saw the owl fly down and it flew in about 12 feet away. It never made a sound and watched the owl eat the earthworm, while it pecked through some seed I put on the ground for ducks and sparrows. I was expecting a mob to come in and harass the owl but nothing happened. The owl flew back into a tree and the crow simply flew away. Has anyone ever heard of an owl eating earthworms? Drew Smith [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
