Who thought that an owl could go silent in the presence of another owl? Well, that’s what we have heard recently. During some field observations, a few researchers suggested that Barred Owls are dominant to Spotted Owls in terms of behavior. To test the response of male and female Spotted Owls in the presence of Barred Owl calls, the researchers conducted an experiment at 10 different territories using conspecific calls (similar to the voice of Spotted owls) as a stimuli. They predicted that Spotted owls would hardly give any response to the conspecific calls in the area where Barred Owls are present in high numbers. Luckily, the experiment was in favor of the researchers. It was found that in the presence of Barred owls calls, both species
