Prospects of, reportedly, spotted owls finally (6)
I believe the answer is:
scenes
'prospects' is the definition.
('scene' can be a synonym of 'prospect')
'of reportedly spotted owls finally' is the wordplay.
'of reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (I've seen 'reportedly' mean this).
'spotted' becomes 'seen' (I've seen this before).
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'owls' is 's'.
'seen' sounds like 'scene'.
'scene'+'s'='SCENES'
(Other definitions for scenes that I've seen before include "displays of emotion" , "Stage settings" , "Excerpts from a film - or aggressive outbursts" , "Theatrical divisions" , "Pieces of action in play or film" .)