barred owl
noun
: a large North American owl (Strix varia) with brown eyes and bars of dark brown on the breast
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Just last year, Central Park’s celebrity barred owl Barry died after colliding with a maintenance vehicle.
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Ryan Mandelbaum, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
The Vermont Institute of Natural Science says staffers treated a record total of 705 wild birds in 2019 at the institute’s Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation, and 77 of those were barred owls.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2020
Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results.
—Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Ryan Mandelbaum, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
The Vermont Institute of Natural Science says staffers treated a record total of 705 wild birds in 2019 at the institute’s Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation, and 77 of those were barred owls.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2020
Small efforts to remove barred owls in British Columbia and northern California already showed promising results.
—Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
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