Spotted owl numbers not only down but also at faster rate
Source: AP
By TIM FOUGHT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Scientists report that after 20 years of attempts to save the species, northern spotted owl numbers in the Northwest are still on the decline — and at a faster rate.
The threatened bird nests in old trees and is at the heart of a decades-long struggle over the fate of the region's old-growth forests.
A Forest Service spokesman, Glen Sachet (SATCH'-et), says scientists at a conference Tuesday reported that owl numbers are now dropping at an annual rate of 3.8 percent. Five years ago, the rate was 2.8 percent.
Besides losing habitat, spotted owls in recent years have been pushed out by barred owls, an aggressive invader from the Midwest.
FULL short breaking story at link. Info on the Spotted Owl Here: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Spotted_Owl/lifehistory
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4182543dd1d743d49a2feedc218a4c72/spotted-owl-numbers-not-only-down-also-faster-rate
About 20 years ago Rush said something like "No owl is worth the cost of one logging job". Could somebody look it up?
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hooting like an owl. No photo. A photo would only spoil a mental image like no other. Thank you, on behalf of owls everywhere. 
So, can you tell what's going on with this one's feet/claws? He was spotted in Las Vegas earlier today.
Hope you are doing well. 
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On edit: Here is the quote you might be thinking of...
"I once asked a long-haired maggot-infested FM-type environmentalist wacko: “Would you say the owl has evolved to a superior position over the mouse?” He answered, “Oh yeah, man, an owl can fly, he sees at night.”
So I have the environmentalist in a corner: “So it is not the responsibility of the mouse to adapt to the potential threat of the owl?” “Oh yeah, man, but that’s nature.” Well, there you have it, I told him. If the owl can’t adapt to the superiority of humans, screw it. If a spotted owl can’t adapt, does the earth really need that particular species so much that hardship to human beings is worth enduring in the process of saving it? Thousands of species that roamed the earth are now extinct.
Of course, we do care about owls. Why isn’t it possible for both of us to coexist in harmony? There’s no reason to put the timber business out of commission just because of 2,200 pairs of one kind of owl at the expense of 30,000 jobs. That’s the wrong set of priorities."
