<div dir="ltr">This didn't come out of the blue. It has aleady been going on for years. From this article:<div><br><div><i>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%.</i><br></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Bob OBrien Portland</div><div><br></div><div><i><br></i></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 2:02 PM Dan Reiff <<a href="mailto:dan.owl.reiff@gmail.com">dan.owl.reiff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
<a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/feds-propose-shooting-one-owl-to-save-another-in-pacific-northwest/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/feds-propose-shooting-one-owl-to-save-another-in-pacific-northwest/</a><br>
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