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Strix varia
Strix varia, the Barred Owl, goes by a variety of names, such as: Hoot Owl, Striped Owl, Wood Owl, Rain Owl, Swamp Owl, and the Eight Hooter. The owl is characterized by a hoot which seems to be asking, "Who Cooks for You? Who Cooks for You?" usually followed by the last "You" fading to a quiet warble. The warble is sometimes observed to sound like an "All." Strix varia has very dark brown to black eyes, and lacks ear tufts. The stripes, known as "Barred" marking ranges from gray to dark brown.
Strix varia occurs in a variety of habitats, including coniferous and deciduous forests, usually with swamp or marshland nearby.
My first wild owl sighting I could photograph! I'm ecstatic!
Spotted on Dec 14, 2012
Submitted on Dec 15, 2012
60 Comments (1–25)
Thank you Michael and Juan! I have added it to the mission, Juan. :)
Nice spotting!
Nice picture J. Please consider including your picture in Mimetic animals mission
Thanks, Phil!
Great series!
Thank you, Mac!
Congratulations J for SOTD
Thank you Leana, Maria, Jeannette, Leanne, and Auntie for your very kind words. They mean millions to me! Thank you for congratulating me and sharing my happiness! :)
Beautiful series, J, congratulations. My first photos of this owl: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/101... I understand your excitement.
Wonderful! Congratulations J :)
Congratulations J :D
Ah, Jacob, so happy for you that you got SOTD - congratulations!:)
Congratulations J on this well deserved SOTD! :)
Thank you so much, Nuwan, Claire, Willie, Namitha, Cheryl, Braulio, Reza, Daniele, Carol, Fyn, Victoria, Gerardo, Sergio, Adarsha, and António for your spectacularly thoughtful comments. They mean so much. To have such great friends who congratulate me on such achievements is wonderful in itself. I'm so glad to be able to share my spottings through Project Noah, and to make many friends along the way. Thank you all.
J my friend SOTD :-D congrats,great find,thanks for sharing
Congrats! Nice spotting!
That is awesome, J, very deserved. Congratulations.
Congratulations J super nice spotting :)
congrats :) Owls are a favorite of mine :)
Awesome Jacob! I knew ya had it in ya! ;-) CCOONNGGRRAATTSS!!!!! Lol, Liam, I never have been like the other kids... ;-D Good goin' Jacob!!!
All nature spotters like myself would love to find an owl, any owl. You did it. What an awesome find and congratulations on Spot of the Day!
Congrats on this encounter and beautiful series J!
Yay J....Congratulations on this wonderful spot and a very well deserved SotD :)
Haha!
It´s not the first time for Fyn on his phsychic powers!
Congrats!
Congrats J! Nice spotting!