For those interested in more info, OPB did a 20 minute interview last week
with Kessina Lee, the state supervisor of Oregon's USFWS office, and
Robin Bown, barred owl management strategy lead for USFWS,
I have not listened to it yet myself.
Bob OBrien
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/11/30/barred-spotted-owl-shoot/


https://www.opb.org/article/2023/11/30/barred-spotted-owl-shoot/


On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 5:00 PM Robert O'Brien <baro at pdx.edu> wrote:


> This didn't come out of the blue. It has aleady been going on for years.

> From this article:

>

> *In four study areas in Oregon, Washington and northern California,

> killing barred owls under an agency research study brought spotted owls to

> almost stable populations, whereas in a neighboring control population,

> spotted owl populations declined by 12%.*

>

> One far-out option I've thought of is to have an open season on Barred

> Owls, very similar to, say, ducks and geese, Goose shooting was allowed

> during the time when the Dusky Canada Goose was under extreme protection.

> There was a rigid checking system to guarantee (so much as possible)

> Duskies were not shot, and hunters had to learn how to ID them.

>

> When you think about it, this is not too different from protection for

> the Kirtland's Warbler, wherein to this day (I'm pretty sure). Cowbirds

> are regularly trapped and killed. Cowbirds are of course native american

> birds, normally protected as with most of the other birds. They are just

> easier to catch (by trapping) and dispose of.

>

> Bob OBrien Portland

>

>

>

> On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 2:02 PM Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>>

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>> https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/feds-propose-shooting-one-owl-to-save-another-in-pacific-northwest/

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