Eye on the Owl

Decatur Metro | February 16, 2011

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14 Responses to “Eye on the Owl”

  1. anniefannie says:
    February 16, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    cool shots! and pretty cute owl, too!

  2. An Eric says:
    February 16, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    Hootie returns. That’s him for sure.

  3. altmod says:
    February 16, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    We’ve heard this owl on Woodlawn every night for the past week or so. Love the Barred Owl’s call! Thanks for the photo as we’ve only heard, not seen!

    • karass says:
      February 16, 2011 at 3:43 pm

      It’s “Barred Owl”? I thought it was “Barn Owl”.

      • An Eric says:
        February 16, 2011 at 4:10 pm

        I used to think this also, but from that injured owl thread over a year ago, I learned that Barn owl and Barred owl are two different types.

      • altmod says:
        February 16, 2011 at 6:31 pm

        karass–here is another fun way to tell the difference. . . .
        Barred
        http://www.owlpages.com/sounds/Strix-varia-1.mp3
        Barn
        http://www.owlpages.com/sounds/Tyto-alba-3.mp3

    • MC says:
      February 17, 2011 at 6:59 am

      Yeah, we’ve heard it too on Woodlawn lately. Two years ago we were sitting on our patio and we looked up. There were two of these in a tree about 20 ft above us just staring down. Very cool!

  4. GAJoe says:
    February 16, 2011 at 1:58 pm

    Those are amazing photos! It is wonderful to be able to see pictures of the owl i often hear and have yet to actually see. Thanks for sharing them with us.

  5. runswithdogs says:
    February 16, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    Details!!?? What time of day? How high in the tree was s/he? Such a beauty!

  6. Ken Manford says:
    February 16, 2011 at 9:14 pm

    It was 6:30 pm. The owl was about 25 feet up in a tree not frightened by the dog or any one us gawking.

  7. Occi says:
    February 17, 2011 at 6:13 am

    Gorgeous. Thank you for sharing!

  8. Kathy says:
    February 17, 2011 at 8:10 am

    The way bird enthusiasts describe the call of the Barred Owl is “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?” It’s called Barred Owl because of its markings. The Barn Owl is much, much smaller.

  9. loulabean says:
    February 20, 2011 at 11:59 am

    We often saw this owl before we did construction – hadn’t seen it since. Glad to see it is still in the neighborhood!