Scientists have come up with some interesting tricks to relocate owls to their new homes. Because of real estate, some owls who reside in prime locations for construction and development get removed from their natural habitats. To protect these owls, biologists tried moving them to protected grasslands. This move seems easy at a glance, but the real challenge in relocating these animals is to help them accept their new homes.
Following the said challenge, scientists attempted to create the impression that other owls have lived in the new homes so the owls would stick around. They did this by playing owl sounds and scattering fake poop. It worked! “They like to be in a neighborhood, to live near other owls,” said Colleen Wisinski, a conservation biologist at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
Image credit: Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance