A Northern Spotted Owl flies after a mouse jumping off the end of a stick in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore. To save the spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a plan to deploy trained shooters to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their smaller cousins. Don Ryan/AP hide caption
This photo provided by David Lei shows Flaco the owl on April 28, 2023, in New York. As Flaco enters his second year in the spotlight, it can be easy to forget that his freedom is the result of a crime, one that has improbably remained unsolved for a year. David Lei via AP hide caption
A Eurasian eagle owl looks at students from a local school after the release of a 5-month-old red-tailed hawk September 29, 2010 in New York's Central Park. STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Amidst the flood of football content you'll see on your social media feeds this Sunday, you might spot an owl or two. Scott Barbour/Getty Images hide caption
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University are studying barn owls to understand how the brain maintains focus. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
A great gray looks up after plunging into the snow, while hunting north of Two Harbors, Minn. The great gray is one of the world's largest species of owl. Derek Montgomery for MPR News hide caption