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 ...

Researchers tag Wyoming’s first barred owl near its Grand Teton nest. 0 Comments Share this. ... where they have outcompeted the imperiled northern spotted owls and created ...

Barred owls, typically 20 percent larger than their rivals, may take over spotted owl nests or slam into their breasts like feathery missiles. "The barred owl is the new bully on the block ...

The Spotted Towhee is likely to catch ... and then a dive to snag an ... Their decrease has also been exacerbated by the degradation and destruction of wetlands in their nesting sites. Snowy Owl.

Federal job cuts have upended spotted owl surveys in Northern and Southern California. It’s unclear whether wildfire mitigation strategies such as forest thinning can happen if the surveys are ...

Sharp-eyed Patton had spotted a basking eastern screech owl at the entrance to its roost hole 30 feet up in a giant sycamore. I found myself in the area on Dec. 22 and stopped by on a sunny but ...

Sharp-eyed Patton had spotted a basking eastern screech owl at the entrance to its roost hole 30 ... Screech owls snag fish and crayfish, too. Even a crude whistled imitation of a screech owl call can ...

Sharp-eyed Patton had spotted a basking eastern screech owl at the entrance to its roost hole 30 ... Screech owls snag fish and crayfish, too. Even a crude whistled imitation of a screech owl call can ...

A western spotted skunk is shown in this photo taken in October 2018 outside the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, which is located roughly 60 miles east of Eugene.

The northern spotted owl can’t get a break. The Pacific Northwest bird's survival is in peril due to a combination of factors including climate change, wildfires, human-caused habitat ...

The owls had nested for years in a bowl-like void at the top of a dead cottonwood tree trunk. But a few years ago wind snapped the dead tree, called a snag, toppling the top half and the nest to ...