Spotted Owl Essays

Introduction The Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) is an endangered species that lives in the old growth forests of the Pacific Northwest. This species is declinging in numbers drastically and has been listed on the ESA since 1990. The spotted owl is native to the Pacific Northwest. They are found in Southern parts of Columbia, North Western America, and California. As a result of declining habitat, there are fewer than 100 pairs of Northern spotted owls in British Columbia, Canada, 1,200 pairs in

I chose the Northern Spotted Owl for this assignment as I find them mystical, and I would like to know more about the species. The species is listed as threatened and its habitat can been found in California, Oregon, and Washington. Northern Spotted Owls usually live in older forested habitats that contain structures and characteristics required for nesting, roosting, and foraging. They prefer forests with moderate to high canopy closure (60 to 90 percent), large over-story trees, and open space

The Northern Spotted Owl is currently classified as threatened and is currently undergoing conservation efforts in order to bring its population numbers back up. The Northern Spotted owl is the largest of the three subspecies of spotted owls. They are medium sized, dark brown owls with barred tails and white spots on their head and breast. The males are slightly larger than the females and are often confused with the barred owl. They are primarily nocturnal but still forage opportunistically during

Owls are represented uniquely in many cultures, contrasting from a boogeyman to a wise old owl. This is very similar to the portrayal of people like Ultima. Some consider them curanderas, or magical healers, while others believe they are evil brujas. Bless Me, Ultima is set in 1940s New Mexico, which is important to the plot as the mix of cultures combine to make a superstitious and unique belief system. In Bless Me, Ultima the owl appears in dangerous moments of Antonio’s life. Because the owl is

There once were two gazelles living on one side of a river in a desert, Brutus and Achban. Brutus and Achban were good friends of one another, but it was commonplace for them to bicker and disagree. On their side of the river grew radishes and turnips, which they could survive on by consuming but they hated the taste. On the other side of the river grew pomegranates, which the gazelles loved but unfortunately an older cheetah was on the other side of the river who would try to eat any animals going

Were you ever curious of the eerie laughs and cries of the Hyenas in the hit film The Lion King? The widely known spotted hyena, also known as the laughing hyena because of the unusual sound it makes. The majority of us will look down on the cleverness and the complications they live by. Although the hyenas live in Africa and are often seen roaming in grassland savannas, woodlands, and mountains while sleeping in dens. Hyenas are found in Africa and the striped hyenas are found in East Africa. In

Redpaw and Asterpaw were just apprentices when they met, butting heads over certain hunting techniques and rivaling the other over who would be the best warrior in all of Thunderclan. It didn’t take long before the two had put aside their differences and became inseparable, begging their mentors to train together and eating almost every meal possible in each others’ company. Therefore it was no particular surprise to anyone when they made the next jump into mates as warriors, moving seamlessly from

Well first, Bert was over at his friend Kurt 's tree, whose tree is very small unlike mine. Kurt is a northern pygmy owl that is nocturnal but stays awake a lot during the day to watch out for predators like foxes or cats. Bert and Kurt decided that they would spy on owls close by and scare other birds away. They were doing it all day, those rude, meany-feathers! By the time Bert came back home, it was about 11:00 p.m. Usually, he has his meals

In fact, I haven’t seen much before because I have never ventured far from the house. It was like there was a infarct around the cabin. The snowy owl drifted through the air, piercing the snow just like a sword piercing a piece of paper. Faith drove me to the side of the road where two dogs came up to me. I immediately sniffed them and they smelt strangely familiar. It took me a couple of seconds

I would like to see good prevail and the owls that have had rough lives find some peace. I am surprised that Eglantine has become so consumed by her will to find her parents. Her character has changed from a mild mannered owl throughout the series. She seems to be more brave in this book than in the others. She is still a young owl but seems to be growing up quickly. I noticed that Kludd never appeared in this book. Kludd has been the most feared owl up until this point. His nickname is Metal

Ready Player One - “Fireflies” The book Ready Player One is a sci-fi fiction novel set in the near future - 28 years in the future, to be exact, written by Ernest Cline. The song “Fireflies” is a song written by Adam Young, a synthpop with a medium tempo, three and a half minutes long and with lyrics throughout. “Fireflies” is a song that centers on a dream world - not being able to fall asleep at night, having very vivid dreams, and feeling as if they could come true; while Player is about a virtual

Hi-Lighters is a club devoted to spreading positivity and instilling healthy lifestyle habits into members of my school. All high school students, myself included, experience stress sometimes, whether from school or family matters. Our goal at Hi-Lighters is not merely to encourage an optimistic outlook, but to work with members of my community to recognize sources of stress and strive to find ways to properly handle this stress, whether it be by developing stronger study habits or finding small

character says something that deliberately contradicts what the person actually means. The stories that display the most of dramatic, situational, and verbal irony are: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”, and “Story of an Hour.” In the story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek

Ambrose Bierce’s "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", is the story of Peyton Farquhar, who is a confederate farmer who is being hanged for trying to destroy a union army bridge. The story centers on a different reality that Farquhar creates in his mind, while he's really hanging, with no heartbeat, just activity in his brain. Farquhar creates an escape in his mind, seconds before he is actually dead. The story focuses on a few different major themes including, the fluidity of time, versions of reality

tell, or foreshadow, what is going to happen. The reader may feel as if they know what is going to happen before they read it, they could feel like a clairvoyant or that they are having a déjà vu experience. Ambrose Bierce’s story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” has instances of foreshadowing that allude to the death of Peyton Farquhar before the story reaches the climactic point of telling of his fate. The first instance of foreshadowing is when Peyton Farquhar thinks that he can escape the hangman’s

Set during the American Civil War, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. In the first part of the story, a gentleman planter in his mid thirties is standing on a railroad bridge in Alabama. Six military men and a company of infantrymen are present. The man is to be hanged from the bridge. As the man is waiting, he thinks of his wife and children. Then he is distracted by a tremendous noise

In the short story An Occupancy at Owl Creek Bridge a man is moments from being hanged by federal soldiers. One does not know why this is happened because there is a flashback that occurs later in the story that tells the reader why he is being hanged. This short story was written by Ambrose Bierce in 1890. This story describes death by setting it on a timer, creating suspense leading up to it, and telling what the man Peyton sees right before he dies. The author drags the death of Peyton Farquhar

September 20th on the CBC News website a story published titled “Dudley George's brother in serious condition after being accidentally set on fire”. This story explains a celebratory walk done by Kettle Point First Nations that took a turn when a group called Stony Point set a protest fire in front of a military camp that was just agreed by the Ottawa government to be returned to the First Nations. The fire was set to show that not all band members where in support of the agreement that was made

Okonkwo’s struggles and how the clans of his tribe were separated by the white colonization of his village represent a powerful proverb throughout the novel. The meaningful proverb in Things Fall Apart exists as “If a frog is jumping in the daylight, you know something is after its life.” Since frogs are nocturnal animals, they dislike the daylight and prefer to jump in the night. In contrast the threatened frog pushes itself to jump in the hot unpreferred daylight. The proverb “if you see a toad

Ambrose Bierce wrote “ An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” to show how precious time is. This story is showing a guy being hung, but while he was being hung, he was having flashbacks that he escaped the hanging and lived. But then at the end of the story everything went back and it showed that he was just having flashbacks and he was dead. The thesis about the motif of time will focus on how the story is laid out, the way how after he is being hung he goes to a flashback, and in part one the main