Following up on barred owls

Thank you to Lloyd Jones and The Conway Daily Sun for their wonderful article last week on the plight of the barred owls. I would like to add to their story with a follow-up about what Elaine Conners Center for Wildlife in Madison is doing to help these majestic owls of our north country.

It is true that they are in very poor condition, in part due to the very long winter we have had with deep, ice crusted snow. One recent barred owl was called in to Elaine Conners Center for Wildlife by Region 1 Fish and Game (Lancaster) and I met Fish and Game Biologist Will Staats in Twin Mountain. The owl had been picked up in Jefferson and by that, I mean literally picked up.