[Tennessee Nana]

“barred owls” ???

barn owls ???

[SJackson]

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[Sacajaweau]

We are total a******.

[coloradan]

This is affirmative action for the spotted owls - shoot the others. When can we expect this sort of treatment from the ACORN types? Also, why is it that those most sold on Darwinian survival of the fittest, take the most pains to ensure that it won’t be given an opportunity to function?

[Tennessee Nana]

“barred owls” ???

jail birds ???

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Lefties believe in evolution except when they don't.

[goodnesswins]

Logging in Oregon was pretty much shut down because of the SPOTTED OWL over the past 20+ years....now they’ve “discovered” it was the BARRED OWL which was killing the Spotted Owl....and are going to kill THEM....but, they won’t admit they killed logging industry, nor open it back up without a fight....a HUgE FIGHT....Oregon Ping

[Rumplemeyer]

I live in North Jersey and have two owls that reside in a “barn” on my property. One I found on the driveway about 6 years ago as a chick, feed and nursed him back into shape and am told he patterned me, I am an owl to him, Finbar is a good friend and keeps the crows in line, will come to see me if I am out after dusk, scares the hell out of the dogs.

The other resident is Margret, she is the boss, give me a wide birth but is Finbars mate, she arrived two years ago.

Finbar is in charge of crows, Margret covers all other editable trespassers.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

I read here on FR at least a couple of years ago, which I did not keep, that barred owls are from the East coast, but over the years have been making their way to the West coast. There they have found the love of their life...the spotted owl. They have taken up housekeeping together and produce little chicks.

These environmentalists are a bunch of mean whackos…all because of natural breeding habits.

[mtrott]

Oh boy, Rush really needs to do one of his Animal Rights Updates on this!

[Randy Larsen]

I guess the only way to protect the barred owl is open season on the spotted owl.

SSS!

[Cold Heart]

Anybody have plans for barred owl houses or how to attract them?

[Chickensoup]

This is “evolution in action.” Why are we intervening?

[Chickensoup]

does this mean we can start shooting the Canada geese taht are fouling our lakes and parks?

[RetiredTexasVet]

Wasn’t there something in that evolution thingee about “survival of the fittest”?

[beebuster2000]

must be nice to play god:

let this one live !! kill that one !!

[tubebender]

This may happen here in Humboldt County Calif. Most of the US Forest Service lands have been closed to logging due to the BS of the Spotted Owl. This was a make believe crisis cooked up by the Sierra Club et al and one local nut let slip that it was week science and they were already setting up the Three Toed Salamander as the boogie man to stop logging.

My daughter and I took a field trip with a group to a Spotted Owl study area on Simpson Timber co land. We went a few miles above Korbel Ca and witnessed a Simpson forester call in a pair of Owls that would grab a piece of hand held food by several of us. They were in a 40 acre patch that was next to several clear cuts