Sentences with phrase «spotted owl»

For decades, barred owls from Eastern states have been invading the breeding territory of the northern spotted owl in California, Oregon and Washington.

They measured levels of the stress hormone corticosterone in fecal samples collected from 16 pairs of spotted owls nesting on the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington, and from about 150 other owls scattered across the Pacific Northwest.

While two of the three 4FRI prescriptions for Mexican Spotted Owl Protected Activity Centers (MSO PAC) would result in negligible changes in basal area, one would allow for basal area reductions greater than 30 % [19].

But the controversy over the endangered spotted owl allowed the timber industry to create another narrative - that environmentalists cared about birds more than jobs, that they wouldn't be happy until the economy was devastated, and that all of the changes that harmed timber workers were due to environmental regulation - not the industry itself.

Northern spotted owl populations are declining in all parts of their range in the Pacific Northwest, according to research published in The Condor.

Barred owls compete with spotted owls for space, food and habitat.

The most notorious train wreck between the environment and the economy is in the Pacific Northwest, where the clash was billed by the Bush administration as spotted owls versus logging jobs.

Underneath the dappled sunlight, high in the branches of these giants, federally threatened species such as the northern spotted owl nests.

«Northern spotted owl decline linked to invasive owl, habitat loss, and climate.»

Two prescribed burns are planned this week south of Mormon Lake on the Mogollon Rim Ranger District and the Flagstaff Ranger District, both in Mexican spotted owl habitat.

Join us at Muir Woods on May 12 for bird walks, demonstrations, games and activities, and a chance to meet a live Spotted Owl!

They are biodegradable, self - sustaining, water - proof, renewable, and delicious with spotted owl sauce.

Danny Kanell: dressed like he's about to open an art gallery to hide illegal revenue from poaching spotted owls.

Merely being in the presence of such iconic (if not controversial) species as tiny Marbled Murrelets and reclusive Spotted Owls — both pawns in the long - standing battle to conserve old - growth forests in the Northwest — was in itself a humbling experience.

But more recently, an eastern species called the barred owl has been expanding westward into spotted owl territory, outcompeting the native owls where their ranges overlap.

Hunting in packs, the gastropods prefer to prey on the Northwest spotted owl, which the slugs stalk by smearing unspeakable slime trails on tree branches that the owl can not then firmly grasp.

(Barbecued spotted owl tastes very much like Whooping Crane, and is often passed off to tourists as such.)

One prominent spotted owl biologist fiercely challenges the new study, however.

Spotted owl nuggets?

Meanwhile, if you want spotted owls in the Pacific Northwest, you need flying squirrels, the bird's favorite food.

This research indicated that since monitoring began spotted owl populations declined 55 - 77 percent in Washington, 31 - 68 percent in Oregon and 32 - 55 percent in California.

During the study, field crews monitored how many owls inhabited different territories, and the yearly survival and reproductive success of banded spotted owls.

Dr. Katie Dugger, a research biologist at the USGS Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Oregon State University and lead author on the report, said that «This study provides strong evidence that barred owls are negatively affecting spotted owl populations.

They are hoping that the Clinton administration's greener sympathies will finally force the timber industry to sit down and negotiate at a «spotted owl summit» in April.

Scientists have noticed barred and spotted owls interbreeding and hatching hybrid offspring since the late 1980s.

Marked by white spots across a brown chest, the northern spotted owl vocalizes two to three short hoots followed by a longer hooooo from its perch on centuries - old trees in old - growth forests.

Barred and northern spotted owls now have overlapping geographic ranges and compete with one another for prey and breeding territories.

«Genome of threatened northern spotted owl assembed: Genome completion will help researchers better measure interbreeding among hybrid owls and guide conservation priorities in the West.»

I think of the Northern Spotted Owl controvesy that raged a few years ago in the northwestern US.

You can see the largest migration of raptors in western North America in the Marin Headlands, find spotted owls in Muir Woods, or see shorebirds at Lands End (to name just a few).

Although this old growth forest supports spotted owls and pileated woodpeckers, the overall lack of food is the primary reason for the apparent scarcity of birds.

3) «Loggers losing their jobs because of Spotted Owl legislation is, in my eyes, no different than people being out of work after the furnaces of Dachau shut down.»

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That started a whole raft of spotted owl litigation.

If a judge deems the British Columbia government is not doing enough to protect crucial habitat of the endangered spotted owl, he or she could order the federal environment minister to recommend an emergency protection order under the federal Species at Risk Act.

In the 4FRI treatment zone, they provide habitat for species like the endangered Mexican spotted owl, mule deer and other animals that depend on a thick canopy to survive.

Researchers found evidence that the invasive barred owl is playing a pivotal role in the continued decline of spotted owls, although habitat loss and climate variation were also important in some parts of the species range.

Spotted owl populations and survival rates have increased on the latter area since the removal of barred owls started.

Spotted owls in endangered habitats?

You can also sample shade - grown coffee and chocolate, and meet a live Northern Spotted Owl at 1 pm!

Same twisted reasoning that opposes killing the barred owls that are harming the endangered spotted owls or the sea lions that are decimating threatened salmon species.

But The Spotted Owl is the local favorite.

Photo: Courtesy of The Spotted Owl

We're already mesmerized by The Swimming Pool cocktail at The Spotted Owl.

Never mind the spotted owl.

Oh dear lord, when will someone figure out how to market pork (or spotted owl)- based pink meat goo as «the OTHER other pink slime»?

Since spotted owls are endangered, Higley and Gabriel use barred owls as a surrogate — their dietary habits are similar — and infer that up to half of spotted owls near grow sites might be exposed to rodenticide.

In a parallel case, rodenticides have worked their way into some of California's northern spotted owls, a threatened species.