It has indeed been a very hard winter on Barred Owls. I talked with 
someone at the Wildlife Services department at VINS yesterday who 
mentioned that they have received 40 Barred Owls this year (since Jan 1) 
and most of them were too emaciated and starved to recover. This is up 
markedly from last year--they only took in 44 Barred Owls in the entire 
2007 calendar year.

-Julie

Julie Hart
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420 • Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 x 6
http://www.vtecostudies.org/ 



Roy Pilcher wrote:
> Ditto for the demise of a barred owl here in Proctor yesterday as  reported 
> to me today.
>  
> Cheers,
> Roy Pilcher
> The Gables at East Mountain, Rutland,  Vermont
>
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