What kind of owl is this?

[Brother_Love]

It’s my new backyard friend, been with me a couple of weeks now. There are 2 of them but I rarely see the other one but I do hear it.

 

[Dusty Bannister]

Check photos of a Barred Owl and see if it looks right. Kinds of startles a fellow if you step out the door and come eye to one sitting on a fence. They have that series of short hoots followed by a long one that drops off at the end.

 

[Tomme boy]

When we go camping I love hooting back at them. Really cool when there are a few of them around you going crazy. They are really territorial and will come looking if you hoot back at them. They go crazy sometimes and it gets s scary also sometimes.

Go to the middle of this and listen. This is just 2 of them. I have had 7 at one time.

 

[Winelover]

Two of the largest owls we have residing in Arkansas. These photos were taken on my property. We seen more Barred Owls than Great Horned.



Barred Owl ( photo taken by Cindy)



Great horned (taken by me)

 

[popper]

Did see a great white in Estes Park a few years back, huge bird.

 

[Brother_Love]

Thanks guys! Finally found my Audubon bird book and you all were right , barred owl.

 

[Missionary]

Beautiful birds. If you want to mess with them put a crow decoy in a tree or bush and get calling crow calls.
Down here in southern Peru we have more desert burrowing owls than any other.

 

[358156 hp]

I was deer hunting early one morning before dawn, and just as dawn started breaking I was looking around when I saw what appeared to be the top of a large dead tree about 25 yards away seemingly start to fall, then wings unfolded and I realized I had seen my first great horned owl. He was a big 'un too. I was mightily impressed by his sheer size, and the fact that he made no sound as he flew off. It was eerie.

 

[Ian]

You'd think nine feet of wings supporting a 25 lb bird would make some racket, but you're right, they don't. I still see a few around here, surprised to see one just a couple months ago on my property after the influx of droves of large, loud, obnoxious, penned-up dogs in the area. I think the owls must live partly on feral cats, every other critter except a few stray whitewing doves have been driven off from the area and I can't see any other reason they'd want to be around the constant din of low-life "civilization" when they can fly two miles southwest and have almost an eternity of wooded, hilly wilderness with live water. Even the foxes and roadrunners have left here. Bunnies and Inca doves are long gone, probably cats and foxes ate all of those. Haven't heard a nighthawk since I was a kid.

 

[Hawk]

We've got a couple of Redtail Hawks that nest in our front yard almost every year.
We don't always see them when they get here, but you know it by all the Blue Jay and Mockingbird carcasses that appear in the front yard.
From then on, it's just bird heads in the yard, everyday.
I guess they don't eat the Blue Jays or the Mockingbirds. Just cleaning out the threats to the eggs and chicks.
Kinda neat, but they do make a mess!

 

[popper]

Anniversary day today, Smoke alarm went off 12AM, temporarily. Sent her an anniversary text @ 2AM., normal old man getting up temp. thing. This morning in the garage for cup of coffee & smoke, Cardinal made a few trips around the inside. Cardinal was MIL favorite bird and showed up for a week in our redbud tree for a week after she passed. Got her cooker fixed, will check for leaks tomorrow. Used regulator off the old turkey fryer I used for making ingots. New regulators look like China junk.

 

[jsizemore]

My neighbor decided she wanted guineas. I hate the damn things. They know no boundaries and always managed to squak and yap around my deer stand when I'm hunting on the farm. Guineas started disappearing and I told her it wasn't me which is true. I didn't tell her about the barred owl on the farm that raised young in the old barnyard backed up to her pastures. Momma owl did a fine job on those damn guineas. The last one disappeared a couple weeks ago just in time for the start of deer season Labor Day.

 

[Winelover]

And I thought Arkansas deer season (archery) was early, starting the third Saturday in September. Usually, too hot here, anyways. I still go with October first..................Michigan's archery opener. Old habits are hard to break.

 

[jsizemore]

We got plenty deer in eastern NC. More folks moving in and less space for them. Got 2 seasons on turkey and duck too.

 

[S Mac]

Mo's archery opens Sept 15. You're right, too early, too warm. We usually see huge flocks of Nighthawks, late Sept maybe? Just passing through.