What does BADO stand for?

The barred owl is a fairly large bird with deep black eyes.

The new spotted owl recovery plan, completed last year, argued that wildfire and the barred owl, an aggressive eastern species pushing spotted owls out of their territory, were greater threats to the spotted owl than logging.

They believe that owls face greater threats from catastrophic wildfire and the barred owl, an Eastern invader pushing the smaller spotted owls out of traditional habitat, said Tom Parton, spokesman for the American Forest Resource Council.

Spotted owl numbers are dropping by 4% annually as a result of wildfires and invasion of habitat by the more aggressive barred owl, as well as by continued logging.

Winn regular dispatches on the hundreds of grackles roosting in the pear trees outside her window near the Pomona fountain on 59th Street; or the residents of an East Harlem housing project who gathered daily at 7 in the morning to watch a barred owl return from its nightly hunt.

Barred owls come to the feeders, too, but not for the seed.

History A female barred owl (Strix varia) was presented to the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Wildlife Clinic with a 2-month history of partial anorexia and lethargy.

Honorable Mentions went to: Red Fox & Pup, by Frank Forward Boston West; Arctic Fox Deb Guyer, Boston West; Wolf Dance, Hugo Stohmenger of IIWF, Germany; Sentry Duty, Michael Mayberry, Oklahoma CC; Surveying His Domain, William Stewart, Pikes Peak CC; Elk Foraging in Winter by Daniel Charbonnet, FPSA, of Greater Lynn Photo Association; Feeding Garter Snake, Gregory Mayberry, Oklahoma CC; Barred Owl in Snow Ed McGuirk, Boston West; and Fox Drinking, Gerald Emmerich, FPSA, EPSA, Imagemakers CC.