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Jun 9, 2026
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In Pursuit of a Tiny Owl Nicknamed Brad Pitt - The Tyee
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Megan Buers is dodging potholes on a labyrinth of logging roads on northern Vancouver Island, hoping for a late-night rendezvous with a western screech owl.
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“He’s the Brad Pitt of the screech owl world,” says Buers, a wildlife biologist. In avian lingo, that means this particular owl is a muscular and meaty example of his species, with rakish plumage.
So far, Buers has seen the ow…
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