“California is just not friendly to that anymore ... Recently at his ranch, a barn owl flew out of a box and into a nearby almond orchard. It made no sound as it glided through the rows of ...

Finalized in August 2024, the Barred Owl Management Strategy is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's long-term plan to protect native spotted owls in Washington, Oregon, and California from the ...

and the closely related California spotted owl. Barred owls are native to eastern North America and started appearing in the Pacific Northwest in the 1970s. They’ve quickly displaced many ...

“California is just not friendly to that anymore. So we have to come up with alternative means to to manage our pests,” Davis said. A male barn owl keeps watch out of a barn owl box from The ...