They believe the owl — named Sitist, which means night in the Spuzzum language — may have collided with a passing train, McCulligh said.
A railway worker noticed the injured bird in October and brought it to the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta for treatment.
“The spotted owl is an old-growth dependent species, so a single pair of owls requires 30 square kilometres of old-growth forest,” McCulligh said.Article content The province said it would monitor the released owls, including an assessment of the owls’ ability to breed in the wild, using radio telemetry, GPS tags, visual checks and acoustic recording to track their movements and health.Article content
McCulligh said the ministry is consulting with First Nations, but there is no official timeline for when or if the owl will be returned to the wild.
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