The Barred Owl Management Strategy permits the lethal removal of barred owls by attracting the owls with recorded calls and then shooting them when they respond and approach. In areas where ...

MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: This is the call of the Northern Spotted Owl. And this is the call of the Barred Owl. (BARRED OWL CALL) CHAKRABARTI: The two species are close relatives. The medium sized ...

CHARLESTOWN – A barred owl that apparently consumed rat poison and was struck by a car in Charlestown is clinging to life at a rehabilitation clinic. "Unfortunately, the prognosis is guarded ...

Bird sounds courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology ... Did You Know: When choosing a place to raise their young, barred owl pairs scope out sites for up to a year before they decide move ...

Reluctantly, I support killing some barred owls. But this is not what drew me into conservation. And now the whole issue ...

Last year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved a plan to kill up to nearly a half-million barred owls in West Coast states over three decades to protect the spotted owl. A bipartisan group ...

The barred owl doesn’t seem to be as particular in its ... biologists running this program and those who are called on to call in and shoot the owls. The dilemma is profound.

The barred owl, common in the Eastern U.S., is not native ... The wildlife agency’s final proposal calls for crews of professionals to broadcast a “territorial call” to attract barred ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a decision on Wednesday to adopt a controversial barred owl management strategy that calls for lethal removal of the birds by shooting them with ...

The “barred owl management strategy” approved in August calls for hunting and killing nearly half a million barred owls over 30 years across Washington, Oregon and California. The plan is ...

Hunters with shotguns would deploy into the areas and play barred owl sounds. Because barred owls are territorial, they would investigate and be shot at close range. Officials said they would take ...