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Offline splashcaster

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Any one know what type of owl this is?
« on: August 08, 2014, 12:20:15 AM »
I was lucky enough to spot this guy out in the woods this week. I can't tell if it's a barred owl, a spotted owl, or something else...any thoughts?

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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2014, 01:54:03 AM »
Spotted-Barr Hybrid




It could happen :chuckle:
He asked, Do you ever give a short simple answer?  I replied, "Nope."

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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2014, 02:28:37 AM »
I'm definitely no expert but it looks like a spotted to me.
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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2014, 04:55:35 AM »
Too big for Spotted. Looks like a Barred to me.




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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2014, 05:27:27 AM »
Hungry owl
The only man who never makes a mistake, is the man who never does anything!!
The further one goes into the wilderness, the greater the attraction of its lonely freedom.

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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2014, 06:59:31 AM »
Spotted

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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2014, 07:00:55 AM »
Looks like a ruffed grouse from the back  :yike:

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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2014, 07:52:42 AM »
looks barred to me

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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2014, 07:59:13 AM »
Young Barred owl

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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2014, 12:24:53 PM »
That is the main instigator of the whole "Spotted Owl" conspiracy!
For 20 years that guy let loggers take the blame for annihilating the spotted owls throughout the Pacific Northwest.
When all along this invader from the East was secretly pushing the poor little spotties out and taking over.
Now that we know how evil the rascal is we have a highly specialized hit team scouring the forest to take him out! Their motto is:

"Survival of the fittest and all logging jobs be darned, in our Biologists we trust!"

They passed on this as their motto, I believe it is more fitting:

"ad absurdum,
Auctoritas non veritas facit legem"
Only 2 defining forces sacrificed themselves for you:
The American Soldier and Jesus Christ. One died for your freedom, the other for your soul.

My rock,
He trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.
Psalm 144.1

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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2014, 05:44:58 PM »
barred owl. A spotted owl would look like this below.


Barred owl

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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2014, 12:51:36 AM »
Spotted owl is who to thank for no firewood cutting at Duncan Ridge or anywhere beyond the Shady Pass Rd :bdid: This fire is a bug killer. Come on Beetle people help save the bugs.

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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2014, 06:54:48 AM »

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Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2014, 08:19:57 AM »
Thank goodness someone knows how to use Google Image Search... good job HunterStrait.   :tup:

Alchase, the Barred Owls may have helped push the Spotted Owls out, however it was the opening up of the forests that created the openings that are more conducive to the Barred Owl and its prey.  Forest use should be about balance, we should not be cutting it all (at once anyways), nor should we be preserving it all.  :twocents:

 


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