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Project Noah Nature School
Strix Varia
Grey with barring. Deep black eyes. Mid-to-large sized owl. Loud hooting (hoo-hoo, hoo-hoooo) starting around dusk and throughout the night. More active in the day during mid-spring.
Woodland (here, suburban). Low-lying swampy area near stream with access to frogs and small mammals.
Encountered at 6:30am. Spotted this owl flying up to a low-lying branch. It stayed there for 15-20 minutes and looked around inquisitively. Frequently it would look down at the ground for small animals to hunt. Typically, barred owls drop from branches onto their prey.
Spotted on Apr 14, 2012
Submitted on Jul 6, 2012
5 Comments
!! Omigosh Those are the tail feathers I find around the yard on occassion. I've been wondering what they came from as they don't match any of the birds that I actually see . How very neat. One mystery solved,Thank You :D
Superb.
Beautiful!
Welcome to Project Noah bbprevas. I have not seen many people post owls as their first spotting. I am not complaining, I am stating this simply because it is fact. A very nice way to begin here.
Welcome to Project Noah! We had a barred owl join us for a holiday celebration a couple of years ago. It sat out on a limb just outside of our living room window while we ate dinner. I'm not so sure it was interested in our meal as procuring its own as it spent a lot of time examining the snowdrift below our birdfeeder....grin. Still, a pleasant surprise that kept us entertained for several hours!