Barred Owls steal the spotlight at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, where they seem to enjoy being photographed.

Barred Owl Nesting Habits. Large nest boxes can accommodate them, but they’ll also nest in natural cavities. Occasionally these birds take over a stick nest from another raptor.

Hofstadter has been carrying out the most expansive barred owl removal effort to date — a research project involving six hunters that has killed more than 1,000 owls in Northern California since ...

FILE - Wildlife technician Jordan Hazan records data from a male barred owl he shot earlier in the night, Oct. 24, 2018, inside a lab in Corvallis, Ore. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) ...

A barred owl is a big bird, the height of an average bamboo backscratcher, about 50 centimeters tall. Their feathers form a shaggy cape streaked with bars the colors of coffee and cream.

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 Barred Owl is considered “invasive” in the Pacific Northwest and it’s pushing the Northern Spotted Owl to extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a plan — kill nearly half ...

Several years ago a couple renting our “cabin in the woods” put up a barred owl nesting box. Apparently it was the right size ...

The letter claims that about $3,000 would be needed to kill one owl, resulting in more than $1.35 billion over a 30-year period. The Barred Owl Management Strategy does not provide financial ...

Barred owls work well in suburbia and park settings, with clear paths to swoop down on unsuspecting rats and squirrels.

A wild barred owl flew into a home through the house's chimney, the Animal Welfare League of Arlington said on social media. Once in the home, the owl landed on the family's Christmas tree, ...

The boxes for the barred owl, however, need be only 12 to 15 feet above the ground, also attached to a live tree or a post. These bird prefers to have the boxes more within a wooded area, but ...