Tag: owls

August 29, 2022

TWS2021: Surveying El Salvador’s owls

Surveys through the diverse ecosystems of El Salvador have revealed a complex community of owls in a relatively small country. The research sets a baseline for what owl species live...

July 7, 2022

Rock crevices help relocated woodrats succeed

The best predictor for relocated eastern woodrats to succeed in Illinois is the presence of plenty of rocky crevices for them to nest in. Eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana) populations began...

August 17, 2021

Wild Cam: Spy gear reveals spotted owl habits

Climbing trees to spy on owls, researchers are gaining some insight into the birds’ nocturnal lives. California spotted owls (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) have been declining by about 2% per year,...

June 14, 2021

Raptors have high prevalence of cat parasite

Raptors in the U.S. have a high prevalence of a parasite found widely in cats that can also cause disease in infected humans. According to new research, carnivorous birds might...

October 6, 2020

Yosemite spotted owl numbers stable after 2013 wildfire

California spotted owls remain in Yosemite National Park even after a massive wildfire burned through, which researchers say points to the effectiveness of the park’s efforts to re-create historic conditions...

June 12, 2020

Microplastics detected in birds of prey for first time

For the first time, researchers have detected microplastics in the guts of birds of prey. These tiny particles, which may come from clothes, cosmetics or the breakdown of larger plastics...

June 1, 2020

Listening in to help monitor northern spotted owls

By listening to sounds collected from recording devices in the forest, researchers can detect northern spotted owls and invasive barred owls, which can help with monitoring and conservation efforts for...

March 13, 2019

Student Research: Counting the same bird more than once?

When Gavin Jones and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were studying spotted owls (Strix occidentalis) in the central Sierra Nevada in California, they noticed something interesting — the...

August 11, 2017

Students confirm northern saw-whet owl in Newfoundland

Brendan Kelly, a student of the fish and wildlife technical program at the College of the North Atlantic in Newfoundland, has been birdwatching and setting up nest boxes since he...

December 22, 2016

Project SNOWstorm celebrates third anniversary

Project SNOWstorm, a study aimed at tagging and tracking snowy owls (Bubo scandiacus) to learn more about the species and its movement, recently celebrated its third anniversary. The project, which...