Do owls eat road kill?

[xke4]

The description of round face with white all around makes me think of Barn Owl but when you add he was the size of a small dog, I no longer think so. Here is the size of a full grown Barn Owl. You can get a good idea of his size in the photo of him drinking from the cat fountain. And an even better idea in the one where he is trying to bath in a duck water bowl.

 

[CheekyMare]

I helped a (probable juvenile) Stygian out for a week and released him. I hope he made it. I know they are a chicken predator, but they are also the reason the grackles stopped roosting in the tree next to the restaurant. They are a much needed population control of pest species.

Owls absolutely will eat road kill. Think of it as a Vegas buffet. So will most predatory birds(most predators full-stop really). Just like vultures kill and eat live food sometimes. Nothing is absolute in nature except death.

 

[Bamboo Dude]

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I have seen the same.