Vote for Audubon California's 2016 Bird of the Year
Which bird will take the title: California Coastal Gnatcatcher, California Scrub Jay, Double-crested Cormorant, Eared Grebe, Western Sandpiper, or the Northern Spotted Owl? You can vote as many times as you like through Dec. 16.My vote is going to: The Northern Spotted Owl, which is something of a conservation legend, playing a huge role in the battle to save old growth forests in its range in the Pacific Northwest. While it’s a bird that is more commonly thought to occupy Washington and Oregon, we do get a good number here in California – as far south as Marin. Because of this species dramatic declines, it was listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990. The California Spotted Owl has been identified as a distinct subspecies.
Happy Birding!
J.J.
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