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jbird
09-15-2012, 11:31 AM
...In broad daylight.

I heard this barred owl from my house today so I stepped out and called him on my ipod. He came right to me

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/JDS_4304.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/JDS_4324.jpg

He gave me a couple fly-by's
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/JDS_4315.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/JDS_4317.jpg

Unfortunately the crows found him and made his life miserable, and he flew off over the tree tops.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/JDS_4327.jpg
Larry S
09-15-2012, 01:00 PM
Jay,
Isn't that the call of the barred owl? Great shots. Wish they would learn to team up and
give some payback to the crows and ravens.
Best,
Larry S
kokaneejr
09-15-2012, 01:06 PM
Jbird
Great shots as usual. In my neck of the woods they are concerned these guys are going to threaten the livelyhood of the Spotted owl. I bet they came from Oregon. :)

Craig
jbird
09-16-2012, 05:39 AM
Jay,
Isn't that the call of the barred owl? Great shots. Wish they would learn to team up and
give some payback to the crows and ravens.
Best,
Larry S



Yep. "Who cooks for you. Who cooks for you alllllllllll!"
Mike McKenzie
09-16-2012, 10:36 AM
as usual! I need everybody to start working longer hours and pay more into FICA, so maybe I can get a raise on my SS check to enable me to buy an iPod!! It seems to be a pretty effective tool to sucker birds into camera range! Dang! I'm still jealous! Owls and "Quakies" too!

Mike
Kneedeep
09-16-2012, 11:54 AM
always good, jbird!
on a side note, when I was a kid growing up in Ohio, if you wanted to hunt crow, you just put an owl decoy in the tree.
Crows would flock fro miles around to torrment the owl.:D
Scott V
09-16-2012, 12:00 PM
Owls are my absolute favorite bird!!
Mark Kranhold
09-17-2012, 05:57 AM
Awesome shots Jay!! What a refuge you have surrounding your home, perfect for such a bird enthusiast like you:D Keep them coming!
mems
09-17-2012, 10:03 AM
What a hoot! Mems
Ben J
09-26-2012, 09:22 PM
Hearing the caterwauling (sp?) call of a female barred owl in a pitch black midwest forest is probably the most terrifying sound i have ever heard... Talk about raising the hair on the back of your neck!
jbird
09-27-2012, 03:25 AM
Hearing the caterwauling (sp?) call of a female barred owl in a pitch black midwest forest is probably the most terrifying sound i have ever heard... Talk about raising the hair on the back of your neck!

Ive been hearing that lately. Theres a few of them around my place and they chatter quite a bit. That gutteral chatter is indeed a spooky sound.