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Fake poop helps evicted owls settle into new neighborhood

This photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows burrowing owls in a habitat at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in 2006. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP) In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, a burrowing owl is held after a health check by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance staff in the Otay Mesa area of San Diego County in 2015. (Tammy Spratt/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP) This photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows a burrowing owl in a habitat at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in 2006. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP) In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, a western burrowing owl stands outside its artificial burrow at the Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve in San Diego County in 2020. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP) This photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows a burrowing owl in a habitat at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in 2018. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP) This photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows an acclimation aviary built to protect translocated western burrowing owls at the Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve in San Diego County in 2020. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP) This photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows a western burrowing owl standing outside its artificial burrow at the Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve in San Diego County in 2014. (Michael Stevens/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP) In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, a burrowing owl stands on a rock in the Ramona Grasslands Preserve in California in 2021. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP) This photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows a burrowing owl in a habitat at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in 2014. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP) In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Colleen Wisinski, wildlife biologist for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, places a burrowing owl into an artificial burrow inside the acclimation aviary at the Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve in San Diego County in 2020. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP)