Gallery: Conservation Stories
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Captive northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) in a clearcut near Merlin, Oregon. Habitat loss and climate change are the two primary factors leading to the extinction of species. (US: Threatened)
Keywords
- bird
- Captive
- climate change
- color photography
- countdown
- countdown to extinction
- daytime
- Deforestation
- endangered species act
- extinction
- federally-threatened-species
- global warming
- greatest hit
- greatest hits
- habitat destruction
- Habitat loss
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- Logging
- Northern spotted owl
- outdoors
- Owl
- Pacific Northwest
- Raptor
- rare
- strix occidentalis caurina
This photo © Joel Sartore 2021. Image usage guidelines
