He explained that the owls get the benefit of being in an area that is similar to their original shrub steppe habitat with access to prey like rodents and insects in the neighboring agricultural ...

We had hardly entered the park grounds when a small owl left its perch on top of the cricket nets and flew towards our property. We quickly advanced to the hedge by the picket fence and when I peeked ...

FILE - Barred owls from the east have moved in and taken over spotted owl habitat in the western forests of Oregon, and are now pushing spotted owls closer and closer to extinction. Nick Fisher ...

When the northern spotted owl was first listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990, habitat loss was the primary cause of endangerment. Soon after, in the early 2000s ...

Smith does not want to discourage enthusiasm for owls or any wildlife species, seeing it as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and to care about habitat. Most people understand the need to ...