Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Predation on Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in Pennsylvania

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Khalafalla, Suzanne M., and Carlos A. Iudica. 2012. Barn Owl (Tyto alba) predation on Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in Pennsylvania. Canadian Field-Naturalist 126(1): 38–40. Diet of the Barn Owl, Tyto alba, was determined through examination of pellets collected from a roost site in Port Trevorton, Snyder County, Pennsylvania (40°42'26"N, 76°51'58"W). Remains of a Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus, were positively identified in one of the 80 pellets from our site. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of a Barn Owl preying on a bat in Pennsylvania.