A wild barred owl flew into a home through the house's chimney, ... For those in doubt that the photos of our 'Christmas Tree Owl' were real, here is a great video of the owl in the home and being ...

In January 2025, five Northwest conservation groups joined the federal government in defending a program to kill barred owls to protect the threatened northern spotted owl. Danny Hofstadter ...

FILE - Wildlife technician Jordan Hazan records data from a male barred owl he shot earlier in the night, Oct. 24, 2018, inside a lab in Corvallis, Ore. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) ...

Barred owls, with their vivid brown stripes, are acting like bullies of the forest in the Northwest, driving their smaller cousins, the northern spotted owl, to the brink of extinction. Once ...

Hofstadter has been carrying out the most expansive barred owl removal effort to date — a research project involving six hunters that has killed more than 1,000 owls in Northern California since ...

The Barred Owl is considered “invasive” in the Pacific Northwest and it’s pushing the Northern Spotted Owl to extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a plan -- kill nearly half a ...

Under a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan approved last year, trained shooters would target barred owls over 30 years ...

The winning owl’s zoo or sanctuary will receive a $5,000 donation and a $1,000 donation for the runner-up. Other avian competitors live in sanctuaries or zoos in Arizona, Texas, Alaska, Alabama ...

MILWAUKEE - It's nesting season at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center. Raptor program director Lindsay Focht joins Real Milwaukee to share an exciting update about the center's pair of wild barred owls ...

Seattle residents are reporting increased owl attacks, particularly from barred owls, due to territorial behavior during nesting season and shrinking forest habitats. Wildlife officials advise caution ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized its Barred Owl Management Strategy in August. The plan could result in killing up to half a million barred owls over 30 years to save the endangered ...

USFWS said lethal removal of barred owls, by trained professionals, would occur in less than half of the areas where spotted and invasive barred owls co-exist within the northern spotted owl’s ...