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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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.