Dead Barred Owls, Moultonborough Neck

mishman · 10-09-2012, 09:06 AM

I found a dead Barred Owl on Saturday lying next to a small pond on Moultonborough Neck, past Kona Farms. The bird had no obvious injury and it was a mystery as to what caused its demise. A day later I found a second dead Barred in the middle of a residential road, less than a quarter of mile from where I found the first one. This second dead owl had been run over so it may have been hit by a car but the loss of two of these beautiful birds so close to each other has caused me to wonder, is there a connection and contributing factor? The only thing I could think of was poisoning via rodents of some kind. Any thoughts?

10-09-2012, 09:06 AM	#1
mishman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 178 Thanks: 59 Thanked 96 Times in 43 Posts	Dead Barred Owls, Moultonborough Neck I found a dead Barred Owl on Saturday lying next to a small pond on Moultonborough Neck, past Kona Farms. The bird had no obvious injury and it was a mystery as to what caused its demise. A day later I found a second dead Barred in the middle of a residential road, less than a quarter of mile from where I found the first one. This second dead owl had been run over so it may have been hit by a car but the loss of two of these beautiful birds so close to each other has caused me to wonder, is there a connection and contributing factor? The only thing I could think of was poisoning via rodents of some kind. Any thoughts?