Detection Dogs Spot Northern Spotted Owls, Even Those Alarmed by Barred Owls
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 17:00
in Biology & Nature
A series of forest searches by dogs specially trained to sniff out northern spotted owl pellets - the undigested bones, fur and other bits regurgitated by owls - improved the probability of finding the owls by nearly 30 percent over a series of traditional vocalization surveys.