Experts said the baby owl almost certainly died from rodent poisoning, and the two adult birds are suspected of dying from the same cause.
A juvenile great horned owl, left, sits next to its mother in a tree near North Pond in Lincoln Park on April 14, 2024. The third and final member of a family of great horned owls living in Lincoln Park’s North Pond was found dead Thursday morning. Experts said the bird is suspected to have died from rodent poisoning.
“This was a tragic outcome,” said Prince. “The family was thriving there in North Pond. We need to petition our cities and municipalities and encourage our neighbors not to use these high amounts of poison.”were found dead in recent weeks in the pond area. Experts suspect that rodent poisoning played a role in both owls’ deaths.
Reich said birds with broken ribs are often able to survive, indicating some kind of underlying cause. She said she sees a lot of birds die from hypothermia after becoming lethargic and slow from rat poisoning, while other birds become weak enough they fall out of trees or are hit by cars.
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