It’s dusk, the second week of March 2018. The rumble of traffic from Highway 76 crawls through a thin line of trees and into the … Read More “Barred Owls’ move to the ‘burbs gets researcher’s attention”
Barred Owl
Behavior: How owls can hunt even in total darkness
Imagine being in a pitch-black room, your pupils maximally dilated, but you can’t see a thing. You feel helpless. Now picture a Barn Owl on a … Read More “Behavior: How owls can hunt even in total darkness”
Shooting works: Spotted Owl numbers increase after Barred Owls are removed
Two studies have deepened the ethical dilemma faced by biologists tasked with saving the controversial, threatened Northern Spotted Owl. The first, an analysis of data … Read More “Shooting works: Spotted Owl numbers increase after Barred Owls are removed”
Despite success removing Barred Owls, Northern Spotted Owl continues to decline across its range
Northern Spotted Owl has long been the most famous bird in the United States. Listed in June 1990 as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act … Read More “Despite success removing Barred Owls, Northern Spotted Owl continues to decline across its range”
Reader photo: A Barred Owl makes a magnificent subject on a frigid Minnesota day
The -20°F temperature in north-central Minnesota in early March didn’t seem to bother this Barred Owl. Kevin Yopp of Grand Rapids saw it regularly in … Read More “Reader photo: A Barred Owl makes a magnificent subject on a frigid Minnesota day”
Will killing Barred Owls help Spotted Owls?
In an experimental effort to stem the decline of the Northern Spotted Owl in the Pacific Northwest, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will kill … Read More “Will killing Barred Owls help Spotted Owls?”
A time to kill?
How the Barred Owl’s success in the Pacific Northwest is forcing managers to think the unthinkable Read More “A time to kill?”