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Spring Newsletter 2024

Welcome to our EcoSolutions Spring Newsletter, filled with exciting updates on owls, bats, and more. We hope you enjoy reading!

"Over a Decade and Countless Children Poisoned, EPA Bans Hazardous Flea Collar Products"

"Pet flea collars containing the insecticide tetrachlorvinphos (TCVP) are set to be banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to the agency’s long overdue response to a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)."

Owl box installed at Fearnhead Park in Parkwood

Rosebank Killarney Gazette: PARKWOOD – The new owl box provides an attraction to the local park.

Owl boxes demystified

Randburg Sun: What are owl boxes and how do they get there? Fast facts on these birds of prey.

“There’s a camera watching me… for all the world to see”

In a first ever, a Verreaux Eagle Owl, or commonly known as the giant eagle owl, can now be watched live as she raises a newly hatched owlet in the most unusual nest ever… a tyre!

Owl Conservation with a capital C!

Our November newsletter is out.

Owl education is key

Education is important when it comes to our night-time winged friends.

Owl family finds home in Birchleigh

Kempton Express: Choose owls above poison to control the rats.

Owl unseen for 150 years has been photographed in the wild for the first time

''British scientists working in Ghana have rediscovered a "holy grail" giant owl that has lurked almost unseen in African rainforests for 150 years.'' Photo: Shelley’s Eagle Owl. Photo Credit: Dr. Robert Williams / Imperial College London

Owlets are ringed after nesting in a Sandhurst owl box

SANDTON CHRONICLE – Four owlets were discovered after the owl returned for nesting in an owl box in Sandhurst.

Owlets, Art and Horses!

Check out our August 2019 Newsletter here.

Owlets released at Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve

Comaro Chronicle: The owl feeding team are best described as surrogate owl parents as they continue feeding the owls well after their release.

"Owlproject.org help Charterhouse Preparatory create sustainable environment for owls."

"Together with Owlproject.org and EcoSolutions, the school’s Grade 7 classes built several owl boxes to give a cozy home to the majestic winged beasts."

Owlproject.org - creating owl friendly children.

Alex News: Owlproject.org was introduced at different schools in Alexandra a few years ago to educate people about the significance of owls on the environment.

Owlproject.org needs your support.

The 2019 Annual Art Project is... a 3D Owl Puzzle!

Owls and Education: Presentation

Jonathan Haw, director of EcoSolutions and founder of owlproject.org is giving an online talk for the International Owl Center in Houston, USA on Sunday, 20th December at 21h00. Sign up and share!