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    The Philippe Park owl family that had lived in the park since 2017 was wiped out in 2022 due to rodenticide poisoning. In early 2022, Emily hatched three owlets but both she and one of the owlets died from anticoagulant rodenticides in March. Later in April, the last remaining owlet and the father owl Oliver were both found dead from rodenticide poisoning as well. This local tragedy highlights the threat of rodenticides to wildlife on a national level.

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    The Philippe Park owl family that had lived in the park since 2017 was wiped out in 2022 due to rodenticide poisoning. In early 2022, Emily hatched three owlets but both she and one of the owlets died from anticoagulant rodenticides in March. Later in April, the last remaining owlet and the father owl Oliver were both found dead from rodenticide poisoning as well. This local tragedy highlights the threat of rodenticides to wildlife on a national level.

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    The Owls of

    Philippe Park
    A Local Tragedy, A National Issue

    Photo by Linda Schocken


    • Fred Brisard
    • Owl Watcher and Photographer since 2017
    Introduction • Philippe Park Owl Family
    • Community
    Safety Harbor, Florida
    • Located on the north shore of Tampa Bay, this
    area was inhabited by the Tocobaga tribe for
    approximately 8,000 years
    PHILIPPE PARK • Safety Harbor and the area known now as
    Philippe Park was the capital of the Tocobaga
    Nation
    • Philippe Park is a 122-acre County park
    TAMPA • Has two Indian Mounds

    CLEARWATER
    Philippe Owl Family 2017-2022

    Emily
    Unnamed
    2021-2022
    female
    2017-2020

    Oliver
    2017-2022

    Charlie Carla &


    2017 Chester
    2019
    Unnamed Huey,
    Charlene Cooper Triplets Dewey & Louie
    2018 2020 2021 2022
    Photos: Peter Daigle

    Owl Paparazzi
    2017
    Charlie is hatched
    Charlie grows up
    Starts using those wings
    Charlie and Mom
    Time to
    leave the
    nest area
    2018

    Charlene is born
    Charlene and Mom
    Mom taking a break and
    stretching
    Training and then Lunch
    Charlene Falls

    • Taken to rehab where it’s


    discovered that she has a
    scratched cornea. Parents finally
    give up on her return after a
    week.
    2019
    The year of the twins
    Carla & Chester
    Growing up
    2020
    Oliver in
    his moss
    hideaway
    Mom stuck in
    the nest
    Artist: Eileen McCook
    Caring for Cooper
    Oliver maintains watch
    Mom & Dad
    get a break
    Cooper
    2021 – Emily arrives
    Oliver in the Moss – Emily on the Nest
    Taking a break and back to the nest
    Twins again? No, triplets!
    Disaster strikes
    2022 Starts as Usual
    Oliver in the moss; Emily on the nest
    Triplets again!
    Lots of work to feed
    triplets
    Owlet imitating
    Mom
    They’re a
    handful
    Huey gets hung up in the moss
    The Three
    Musketeers
    Dewey (Daisy) & Louie
    Emily and Oliver
    The triplets were bouncing all over the place. It seemed
    these two were trying to hide out from them.
    This was the last time I saw Emily.
    Daisy
    • My last photo of her
    What happened to the owls?
    • The 2021 owlets went missing or died with one confirmed anticoagulant poisoning death.

    • In 2022, Emily hatched three owlets in early January 2022.

    • Huey died on 3/4/2022, Emily died 3 days later, on 3/7/2022. Both deaths were confirmed to be caused by anticoagulant
    rodenticides.

    • Louie was found dead in The Owl Tree on 4/5/2022; the evening before, Oliver was seen sitting next to the owlet, probably
    aware that the baby was dying. The County brought in a 200 foot bucket truck to retrieve his body; confirmed necropsy from
    rodenticide poisoning.

    • Oliver was found dead 3 days later on 4/8/2022. Results confirmed from rodenticide poisoning.

    • There was one, 3-month old owlet left, Daisy; we tracked her for almost 3 weeks; then she disappeared.

    • We know of another 10 owls found dead or dying of warafin-based rodenticide poisoning in Pinellas County in Spring of
    2022.
    Introducing Odet and Dory
    References
    • Good descriptions of owl functionality
    https://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/adaptations
    • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/how-owls-
    twist-heads-almost-360-
    degrees?loggedin=true&rnd=1673539467598
    Requires a subscription after 4 articles read
    • Owl Vision - https://www.owlpages.com/owls/articles.php?a=5

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