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The Barking Owl is brown with white spots on its wings and a streaked chest. They have large eyes, a dark brown beak and almost no facial mask. They are a medium sized owl with a wingspan iof up to 100 cm in length. They weigh between up to 500g.
This species is found in many areas across coastal Australia, although numbers are less than they used to be. This Barking Owl is in permanent care, seen at treasury gardens Perth, WA.
This owl is listed as threatened in some states of Australia
Spotted on Feb 16, 2006
Submitted on May 22, 2011
14 Comments
Thanks Steve, I should have provided you with the link.
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/3831...
It's not easy to search for missions in Project Noah but thanks for taking the effort. I will need to spend some time to upload more photos :)
Thanks Gary, it took me a while to find the Birds of Australia Mission, but I have now joined!!
Looks fierce! Nice photo.
Thanks :). I'm a birds fan and I have started a mission on Birds of Australia, mainly to share spotting so that it is easier for other birds photographers like me to look for the various species. Feel free to join :)
Gary, this was a captive bird with licensed raptor rehabilitators. The owl was part of a display that was held in Treasury Gardens at the time. :-)
hi, may I ask where in Perth did you saw the owl?
Great photo!
The bird looks really serious!
That stare is phenomenal.
Thanks for the nice comments. The owl was a patient model!
Somebody's not very happy ;) Great photo!!
I am not sure he is thinking nice things.
Every Owl is beautiful. Their flight is always spectacular..!!
This owl looks very annoyed!
Great photo..