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How to Identify a Barred Owl

Learn what a barred owl looks like and what their call sounds like. Plus learn where you can spot these large owls in North ...
SFGate

'DEI for owls': Nearly half a million birds to be killed across the West

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is preparing to kill nearly half a million barred owls throughout Washington, Oregon and California after a short-lived effort to halt the cull was thwarted in the ...
Outside

Inside the Government's Plan to Kill Nearly a Half-Million Barred Owls

Barred owls are notoriously aggressive and territorial, and have been known to attack humans, even when seemingly unprovoked. Now, the federal government plans to authorize killing up to 450,000 ...
Morningstar

Tribal Leaders Applaud Senate Rejection of Barred Owl Resolution Threatening Forest and Wildlife Health

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Intertribal Timber Council (ITC) is a nonprofit nation-wide consortium of Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, and individuals dedicated to ...

The barred owl's westward migration threatens other species and a whole ecosystem

A new study of nearly 800 barred owls on the West Coast shows the invasive predator feeds on 29 species given special ...
Gizmodo

Controversial Plan to Kill 500,000 Barred Owls in U.S. Clears Major Hurdle

To save the northern west’s spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) from extinction, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to kill up to 450,000 barred owls (Strix Varia) across California, ...
Opinion

US government to shoot down 450K barred owls out west to stave off rival owl’s extinction: ‘DEI for owls?’

DEI is apparently alive and well on the West Coast. The US government has begun shooting down up to 450,000 barred owls across California, Oregon and Washington — in a controversial culling effort to ...