Rufus 'Pa' Taylor Nov 20, 2009
One was at the Owl Drug Store and the other with Swift eats. Before long, there was an apartment available at Candlestick Cove (now the home of Candlestick Park) for military personnel. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Life in the slow lane Oct 21, 2009
Today, the Owl House is a national monument and her artwork, viewed with derision, embarrassment and suspicion while she was alive, has become Nieu- Bethesda's most prized possession ... Visit the Owl House website at , or Nieu-Bethesdas official website. (iAfrica.com)
Migrating raptors take flight at Pa.'s Hawk Mtn Sep 30, 2009
The owl is so lifelike that first-time visitors often mistake it for the real thing. There's no such confusion about the hawks. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Wyo. community blames fracking for water woes Sep 7, 2009
Looking out from Fenton's front porch, which runs long the width of his home, the Owl Creek Mountains rise in the distance on the far end of a lush, green, irrigated valley where Fentonraises hay and where a few homes are nestled in clumps of trees. Within about 100 feet of Fenton's porch and interspersed throughout the valley are small colonies of industry tanks, pipes and small buildings painted a beige, earth-tone color. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Study attempts to count Pacific fishers Jul 15, 2009
The study, appearing in the journal Conservation Biology, found no increasing threat of severe wildfires destroying old growth forests in the drier areas where the owl lives in Oregon, Washington and Northern California ... The study, appearing in the journal Conservation Biology, found no increasing threat of severe wildfires destroying old growth forests in the drier areas where the owl lives in Oregon, Washington and Northern California. (Fresno Bee)
Wind power development begins on public Oregon lands Jun 2, 2009
Though the grouse isn't on the endangered species list, the government could add it as early as this summer, just as it did the owl in the 1990s, which virtually halted public lands logging. "The implications (of listing the sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act) would be even bigger than the spotted owl," said Christian Hagen, sage grouse biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Ourdoors hotline Feb 22, 2009
We'll get to dissect a sterile owl pellet and reassemble the skeleton of the rodent that the owl had for dinner. Limited to 16 children, ages 7 and up, who register by phone. (Anchorage Daily News)
