Derry Township in Hershey in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Partnering for Barn Owls
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ZooAmericaฎ has been placing barn owl nest boxes in a number of local barns, including many on Milton Hershey School property. Students have been involved in placing and monitoring these boxes. Some of the nest boxes are built by our summer zoo campers. Barn owl chicks from the nest boxes are banded by the Pennsylvania Game Commission as a part of their ongoing study of this vulnerable species. Pennsylvania's barn owl population has declined by nearly fifty percent since the 1980s. Habitat changes and the loss of suitable nest sites are thought to be the main factors in their decline. Each barn owl pair requires roughly one hundred acres of grassland in order to find enough rodents to feed their young. They are a valuable means of natural rodent control.
Erected 2014 by ZooAmerica.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Environment.
Location. 40° 17.254′ N, 76° 39.031′ W. Marker is in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County. It is in Derry Township. It can be reached from Park Avenue (Route 743) north of Park Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. This marker is on the grounds of ZooAmerica. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9 W Chocolate Ave, Hershey PA 17033, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, in the Susquehanna Valley, and in Greater Harrisburg. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
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1. About the marker
This sign serves as a historical marker because it shares how human activity over time has affected the population of the barn owl.
— Submitted October 23, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 110 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 23, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
