One of our favorite birds to watch is the Barred Owl. We can hear him call, a hoot of 8 times, usually in the late afternoon. However, he is very difficult to spot in the trees surrounding our house. We finally saw him in one of the trees on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 and were able to take a couple of pictures before it got too dark. Two days later on March 6, 2008, at 7:00 a.m. we were surprised to see our friend sitting on a branch about 15' from the back of our house. He spent most of the day on the same branch just looking around - maybe scoping out the territory for his night-time feeding. He went from this one branch to the railing on our lower deck and finally into the blue spruce just off the deck, where he was until evening came. The Barred Owl is about 17" in height and has a wing span of 44".
There shall the great owl make her nest,and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow--Isaiah 34:15
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Thanks for sharing your owl with us. He's my favorite so far.
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