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Owl's Predators
Name: Candace C.
Status: educator
Age: 50s
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: 5/28/2003
Question:
What are an owl's predators?
Replies:
Owls are top carnivores and have very few natural predators, except of
course human beings. It would also depend upon what part of the World you
are referring to as well. Owlets learning to fly may be in a position to
become a meal for a fox or other causal predator when they are on the
ground, but I do not believe there are any documented occurrences. Snakes
certainly may be a problem in the tropical areas for many snake species are
known to climb into nests, but these snakes may very well become a
potential meal in many cases.
The Nile Virus may be having an effect on owl populations, but that
information is not concrete as yet.
Steve Sample
Large adult owls, great horned for example, have few if any actual predators. Crows harass owls but
aren't likely to actually harm them. Smaller owls, like screech owls, might rarely be preyed upon by
larger hawks or owls, and are vulnerable on nest to raccoons. Eggs and nestlings of all owls may be
preyed on by a range of nest predators, including raccoons, other birds, or even squirrels.
J. Elliott
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