The Northern Spotted Owl

The nocturnal Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) inhabits old growth forests full of large dead trees for nesting. It ranges all along the pacific coast from southern British Columbia all the way to northern California. It nests on ledges and in cavities in abandond nests left by other animals. The largest threat to the Northern Spotted Owl has always been logging. The removal of old growth forests have greatly effected the population of the owl by leaving it with no home and taking away its food sources such as flying squirrels, wood rats, birds, reptiles and other small mammals.