Owls Socks

Whoooo, whooo saids the owl. Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, lives a nocturnal carnivore of unparalleled repute. Some say they’ve seen it swoop down on its victims in the dead of night and feast on the bodies among the branches of knotted, old trees. Others say its haunting call can be heard from a mile away. The mere mention of the creature’s name brings shudders to loggers and some local inhabitants. Fear over its existence has incited rallies, garnered the attention of three government agencies, and caused people to tie themselves to trees.

Flying squirrels and wood rats are a spotted owl's favorite prey. To scientists this animal is known as Strix occidentalis caurina, but it is commonly referred to as the northern spotted owl. For more than ten years environmental groups and logging corporations spent millions of dollars in attempts to control the fate of the bird’s old-growth forest habitat. Hardly a week went by in the late 1980s where there wasn’t a story about a protest rally attempting to save the owl or news of lawsuits being filed to stop the harvest of the owl’s habitat.   Shipping Info