猫头鹰战争

Northern spotted owls were spared from logging. Now, scientists are making a last stand to save them from a new threat WARREN CORNWALL in Northern California T he next casualty in the owl wars appeared in the pickup truck’s headlights like a ghost, gliding across the dirt road in California’s Marble Mountains and disappearing into the forest. Danny Hofstadter stepped on the brakes, rolled down the window, and listened. The eerie call of a barred owl emerged from the night—a sound people have likened to a throaty “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?” On a hunch, Hofstadter shined a flashlight high into Charley’s tree. …