After four decades of hiking in Humboldt County forests, I’d never spotted a wild northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) until Saturday during a Godwit Days tour, thanks to help from a tour guide and an assist from a white mouse. My wife and I did see a barred owl (Strix varia) a couple years ago […]
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NPR Barred Owls vs. Spotted Owls
Photo by Zach St. George Remember “Shooting Owls,” Zach St. George’s award-winning story detailing the spotted owls vs. barred owls dilemma? Killing owls to save owls? NPR covered similar ground today on All Things Considered: In desperation to save the rare northern spotted owl, biologists are doing something that goes against their core — shooting […]
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Barred Owl Killing Has Begun
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s experimental barred-owl demolition — er, reduction — to save the northern spotted owl has begun, reports Jeff Barnard with the Associated Press. So far, 26 members of the species Strix varia have been blammoed out in Hoopa. And many more are targeted. The Hoopa site is one of four sites in […]