
The last couple of days I have been posting photos of a Horned Owl: A Great Horned Owl and A Great Horned Owl With A Gopher. On this same day I also saw two Barred Owls. I discovered the Barred Owls just before daylight. An adult Barred Owl was catching Crawdads and feeding them to [...]

I spotted this Barred Owl just as the sun was coming up. I was hoping the owl would stick around a little longer so that I could get some photos of it in the morning sun. I guess the owl felt sorry for me for being in the cold because it flew to another tree [...]

All I can say is what an amazing encounter I had with this Barred Owl.

I was watching a Great Blue Heron when I noticed this Barred Owl watching something in a field. This was late in the morning and I rarely see one this time of day. The last photo shows how bright the sun was. It moved around to different trees but stayed in the general area.

The Barred Owl hunts by waiting on a high perch at night, or flying through the woods and swooping down on prey. It generally hunts near dawn or dusk, though it may also hunt on cloudy days. It may fly even in full daylight when disturbed. Of the North American owls, it is the species [...]

The diet of the Barred Owl consists mostly of mice of many species, but it also feeds on rabbits, chipmunks, foxes, Opossums and also birds such as grouse and doves. It occasionally wades into water in order to capture fish or terrapins.