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	Spotted Owl
		The Spotted Owl’s range is not continuous and extends along the humid coastal forests of the Pacific Coast states and the mountains of the southwestern United States and central Mexico.
		REPRODUCTION: The nest of a Spotted Owl is usually in a cavity, old stick nest, or clump of debris, and is located on cliffs or in canyons inside caves, on ledges, or in trees.
		Spotted Owls are one of the few owls that have dark colored eyes.
	www.peregrinefund.org /Explore_Raptors/owls/spottedo.html (333 words)

	THE SPOTTED OWL SCAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spotted owls in Washington and Oregon prey mainly on flying squirrels, whose Cascades population is relatively low.
		Pessimists portray the spotted owl as an old-growth obligate because under this view the bird is a fragile waif, unable to withstand the slightest variation in habitat.
		Formal warning of spotted owl extinction was not tendered until the 1986 Audubon report said that the spotted owl population was teetering toward the doomsday number of 1500 pairs.
	www.olypen.com /solidarity/spotted.htm (2879 words)

	Northern Spotted Owl
		Spotted owls are primarily nocturnal and normally spend their days perched in a protected roost.
		Spotted owls eat a broad range of mammals, birds, insects, amphibians, and reptiles, but northern flying squirrels, voles, mice, and woodrats are their primary prey (Forsman et al.
		Spotted owls occur in many types and age-classes of forests, but most occur in older forests, and most scientists believe that young forests are marginal habitat for spotted owls.
	biology.usgs.gov /s+t/SNT/noframe/pn172.htm (885 words)

	Spotted Owl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This owl has a length of 43 cm (17 inches), a wingspan of 114 cm (45 inches, and a weight of around 600 g (21 ounces).
		The four sub-species of Strix occidentalis are Strix occidentalis caurina (Northern Spotted Owl), Strix occidentalis occidentalis, and Strix occidentalis lucida (often referred to as the Mexican Spotted Owl).
		The Spotted Owl is similar to the Barred Owl but has cross-shaped markings on the underparts where the Barred Owl is alternately barred on the breast and streaked on the belly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spotted_Owl (271 words)

	Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection - Lower Mainland Region - Northern Spotted Owl
		The strategy was developed with the intention of bringing stability and long-term viability to the spotted owl population and also to remove much of the uncertainty facing industry over the future of forestry within the range of the owl.
		The Spotted Owl Management Plan follows key principles of conservation ecology that are considered essential for the stabilisation of the owl population.
		The spotted owl population is predicted to decline over the short-term (20 to 30 years), as suitable habitats outside of the SRMZs are harvested.
	wlapwww.gov.bc.ca /sry/fwh/wildlife/srmz.htm (1423 words)

	Mount Rainier National Park -- Spotted Owl
		he northern spotted owl depends on old-growth forests for its hunting and mating territory.
		An individual spotted owl needs more than 3,000 acres of old growth to survive, due to its scarce food supply.
		Because the spotted owl can live only in an old-growth forest environment, it is considered an "indicator species": The health of the spotted owl population indicates the health of the old-growth forest ecosystem.
	www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/ra/flora/owls.html (245 words)

	Spotted Owl
		The average size of the adult spotted owl is 18 inches tall and it has a wing span of around 48 inches.
		Occurrence of spotted owls in Fir/Hemlock Forest and Ponderosa Shrub Forest is usually limited to elevations where a dominant component of the forest, in both the overstory and understory, is white fir, silver fir, or both.
		The number of spotted owls on lands in Oregon managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is estimated at 118 pairs.
	library.thinkquest.org /2551/species/spottedowl.html (877 words)

	Mexican Spotted Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spotted owls are relatively intolerant of high temperatures and nest in shady foliage so it provides the owl with a favorable temperature.
		Mexican spotted owls survive on a variety of prey throughout their range but commonly eat small and medium sized rodents such as woodrats, mice, voles as well as bats, birds, reptiles, and arthropods.
		The Mexican spotted owl is an ashy chestnut-brown with large white spots, and a yellow to ivory beak.
	www.orecity.k12.or.us /ochs/departments/science/species/mexicanspotted.html (1335 words)

	Northern Spotted Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Northern spotted owl depends on old-growth forests for survial.
		This owl is feeding on a deer mouse.
		Spotted owls feed on many different species of rodents especially the nocturnal flying squirrel.
	www.nps.gov /olym/owl.htm (42 words)

	Northern Spotted Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		he northern spotted owl is a medium-sized, dark brown owl with a barred tail, white spots on the head and breast, and dark brown eyes surrounded by prominent facial disks.
		In general, the amount of spotted owl habitat continues to decline on a range-wide basis, although at a rate that is less than in the years prior to the species’ listing, particularly on Federal lands within the Northwest Forest Plan boundary.
		he northern spotted owl was listed as threatened throughout its range primarily due to loss and adverse modification of suitable habitat as a result of timber harvesting and exacerbated by catastrophic events such as fire, volcanic eruption, disease, and wind storms.
	www.fws.gov /arcata/es/birds/ns_owl.html (1036 words)

	Wildlife - Northern Spotted Owl: A Fight for Survival ~ Pawprints and Purrs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Northern spotted owls are typically found in old growth forests of northern California and the Pacific Northwest of the United States and in southern parts of British Columbia, Canada.They may live as long as 10 years in the wild and up to 15-20 years in captivity.
		Suitable spotted owl habitat includes old-growth forest areas with multi-layered canopies of trees that are high and open enough for the owls to fly between and underneath them.
		The biggest threat to the Northern spotted owl is loss of old growth forest habitat, as a result of logging and forest fragmentation.
	www.sniksnak.com /wl/owl.html (567 words)

	Spotted Owl
		The Spotted Owl is found exclusively within the temperate coniferous forests of western North America, where it depends on unfragmented old-growth forests to roost, nest and forage.
		The Spotted Owl is the tragic equivalent of the ‘canary in a coal mine’ for species that depend upon the old-growth forests of British Columbia for their survival.
		The present state of the Spotted Owl is indicative of general declines in a multitude of species, mostly due to logging of their habitat.
	www.davidsuzuki.org /Forests/Canada/BC/Spotted_Owl.asp (597 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Prospects bleak for spotted owl
		OLYMPIA — The northern spotted owl, which won federal protection in the forests of the West 15 years ago, is in serious peril despite logging restrictions that cost thousands of jobs.
		One culprit: the barred owl, described yesterday as the "bigger and nastier" cousin that is contributing to the demise of the little spotted owl.
		The barred owl, loss of habitat due to wildfires and harvesting, and the West Nile virus all are contributing to the owl's steep decline of 30 percent over the past decade in some areas, said Robert Anthony, an Oregon official who works with the Interagency Regional Monitoring Program.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002430863_owls10m.html (378 words)

	Spotted Owl: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An owl is any of some 200+ species of solitary nocturnal birds of prey in the order (biology)order strigiformes....
		The spotted owlet (athene brahma) is an owl which breeds in tropical asia from india to southeast asia....
		(is an owl which is a resident breeder in south asia from india and sri lanka east to western indonesia and...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sp/spotted_owl.htm (902 words)

	Animal Fact Sheets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The northern spotted owl is distributed throughout the northwest mountains of California, Oregon, Washington and southwest British Columbia.
		The owl’s eyes have limited movement in their sockets because the eyes are very large and tubular shaped to accommodate all the highly sensitive optical nerves.
		The northern spotted owl is a threatened species, primarily due to habitat destruction, caused by activities such as logging, road and home construction.
	www.zoo.org /educate/fact_sheets/spotted_owl/sowl.htm (957 words)

	BirdWeb - Bird Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spotted Owls are found in to low and mid-elevation mature forests with dense canopy.
		The conservation of Spotted Owls and their old-growth habitat is an issue that has sparked fierce debate between environmentalists and the timber industry.
		Spotted Owls are uncommon residents in appropriate old-growth habitats at low to mid-elevations on both sides of the Cascades and in the Olympic Mountains.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=248 (742 words)

	Spotted Owl - Strix occidentalis - Information, Pictures, Sounds
		Spotted Owls are placid owls, allowing close approach by humans and may be reluctant to fly.
		Spotted Owls are known to capture 30 mammal species including bats, and 23 bird species as prey.
		Spotted Owls nest primarily in stick nests of Northern Goshawks, on clumps of mistletoe, in large tree cavities, on broken tops of large trees, on large branches, or cavities in banks and rock faces.
	www.owlpages.com /owls.php?genus=Strix&species=occidentalis (1038 words)

	Spotted owl management
		Because the issue of spotted owl preservation has not been resolved - and in some ways is no closer to resolution that it was in the 1980s - a couple of old communications might be worth looking at again.
		Under this type of management, spotted owl habitat is set aside in blocks, each of which is apparently (and hopefully) large enough to support an owl pair, and close enough (hopefully) to one another so that owls could fly from one block to another.
		Unfortunately, it has become deeply ingrained in agency thinking about spotted owls and, as it clearly lacks credibility, it is easy for the agencies to argue that it is not worth disrupting forest management for a plan that probably won't work, anyway.
	home.netcom.com /~symbios/spottedowl.html (2900 words)

	AMNH - Expedition : Endangered
		The northern spotted owl is one of three subspecies of the spotted owl.
		The question is whether the small populations of owls that do nest in younger forests is sufficient to ensure survival of the subspecies as a whole.
		Like most owls, spotted owls are wonderfully adapted for hunting at night, with highly developed senses of sight and hearing and feathers specially modified so they can fly silently.
	www.amnh.org /nationalcenter/Endangered/owl/owl.html (701 words)

	Obit for a Spotted Owl
		Spotted owls are territorial and monogamous, staying with one mate for their whole lives.
		The owl was too weak to stand or eat, and she was initially force-fed by SORCO staff, who also treated an internal eye injury with antibiotics and anti-inflammatories.
		The spotted owl’s decline in B.C. is in part a reaction to the removal of old-growth forests and natural predators moving into their nesting area, said Klein.
	gnn.tv /threads/21492/Obit_for_a_Spotted_Owl (1606 words)

	Spotted Owl, Internet Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The owl is mainly confined to the dense timberlands of the humid Pacific Coastal forests.
		The spotted owl prefers habitats that are shaded and high up in the trees in the winter.
		Some measurements of the spotted owl are: "the left ear opened was found to average 17.5 mm in length and the right one 22mm" (Voous).
	www.orecity.k12.or.us /ochs/departments/science/species/ctech/owl/owl.html (883 words)

	Tidepool \| Features
		Eventually10 million acres of forest were set aside in hopes of returning the spotted owl from the brink of extinction.
		Resurrecting the spotted owl could reopen the war over old growth forests at a time when even Boise Cascade is promising to kick the habit.
		However, critics of state spotted owl protections call the habitat conservation plans and Washington's Forest and Fish Law an experiment that the spotted owl may not survive.
	www.tidepool.org /original_content.cfm?articleid=93277 (1351 words)

	Spotted Owl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Because Canada has very weak endangered species legislation species at risk such as the spotted owl are left to fend for themselves in a province that allows forestry companies to clearcut log their forested habitat, and where the government itself is the largest logger of owl habitat through its BC Timber Sales program.
		For the spotted owl to survive the decade the BC provincial government must protect all old-growth forests within all critical spotted owl habitat in British Columbia and immediately halt logging in these areas.
		In an attempt to bring the sad plight of the Northern spotted owl to the attention of Canadians, the Wilderness Committee and the Sierra Legal Defence Fund released a report in September 2002 entitled, Logging to Extinction: The Last Stand of the Spotted Owl in Canada.
	www.wildernesscommittee.org /campaigns/species/forest/spotted_owl (583 words)

	All About Birds
		The Northern Spotted Owl lives from northern California to British Columbia, and is the darkest brown with the smallest white spots.
		The Mexican Spotted Owl is the smallest and lightest race with the largest white spots.
		Although survival of juvenile owls is low, adult survival is high, and a Spotted Owl may live to be 17 years old.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Spotted_Owl.html (309 words)

	Spotted Owl Summary
		The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is one of three subspecies of the spotted owl (Strix occidentalis).
		This subspecies of the spotted owl is found only in the southwestern portion of British Columbia, western Washington, western Oregon, and the western coastal region of California south to the San Francisco Bay.
		The Spotted Owl is similar to the Barred Owl but has cross-shaped markings on the underparts where the Barred Owl is alternately barred on the breast and streaked on the belly.
	www.bookrags.com /Spotted_Owl (1880 words)

	Ethics and the Environment: The Spotted Owl Controversy
		Under the multilayered canopies of these 200-year-old forests, the owl, known as the northern spotted owl, has fed off the rich plant and invertebrate life created by decaying timber and has nested in the cavities of old trunks.
		The spotted owl is considered an indicator species -- a gauge of the health of the ecosystem that provides its habitat.
		Finally, the owl and its habitat are of immense scientific value, providing opportunities for inquiry and for increasing our understanding of this unique ecosystem and its role in our lives and in those of future generations.
	www.scu.edu /ethics/publications/iie/v4n1/homepage.html (1815 words)

	Spotted Owl - Strix occidentalis
		The Spotted Owl is similar in appearance only to the Barred Owl and is unlikely to be confused with any other owl.
		The Spotted's primary location call consists of 4 notes as compared to the Barred Owl's 9 note call (most noticeable though, might be tone and pattern since the two owls have many variations).
		The eyes of both owls are dark brown to fl, the bills are horn to yellowish in color and they lack ear tufts.
	www.owling.com /Spotted.htm (412 words)

	Audubon WatchList - Spotted Owl
		This medium-sized owl is mostly chocolate-chestnut brown and, as the name suggests, has round-oval white spots on its head, neck, back and underparts.
		Like many other owls, Spotted Owls don't build a nest but instead reuse an old hawk or raven nest that is usually 20-30 meters high, which they will often return to for several years.
		Spotted Owls can live up to about 17 years in the wild and up to 25 years in captivity.
	audubon2.org /webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=194 (1077 words)

	Northern spotted owl - Species at Risk - Lewis and Clark - Sierra Club
		Two centuries later, the northern spotted owl would enter the spotlight, linked to the preservation of old-growth forests like the one surrounding Fort Clatsop.
		Northern spotted owls spend much of their lives in the space between a tree's top branches and the level where its roots meet the soil.
		The spotted owls hunt for dusky-footed woodrats and their primary prey, red-tree voles and squirrels, foraging over an area up to 2,200 acres per breeding pair.
	www.sierraclub.org /lewisandclark/species/owl.asp (316 words)

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