Blow-in barn owls hit hard timesRADIO NEW ZEALAND The distinctive call of the barn owl is how people know they're around. But that's exactly what barn owls are, and according to Rotorua's Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre, they're in trouble too. "Barn owls are the most globalised birds in the world - they'd been everywhere but here," Hyde said. He said a pair of barn owls could eat as many as 4000 rodents in a year. The barn owl's presence is usually only revealed by its distinctive call, very different to a morepork's, Hyde said.

Source: Stuff August 22, 2016 23:59 UTC