Author Topic: Anyone know this species of owl? (Read 9934 times)

MuleySniper · « **on:** December 29, 2010, 05:09:14 PM »

Ive caught glimpses of an owl that lives in a couple dead snags in my backyard. Today when I got home I caught a glimpse of a big bird flying out of my lawn. I grabbed my camera and caught this guy up in one of the dead trees. It was getting dark so I did my best free handing. When I decided to go in to get a tripod, he was gone when I came back out. Anyway, curious what kind of owl he is. Pretty sure its the same specie that ate my cat a few years back

Scaramedic · « **Reply #1 on:** December 29, 2010, 05:17:03 PM »

I'm pretty sure the loggers here would recognize their old friend the Spotted Owl.

runamuk · « **Reply #2 on:** December 29, 2010, 05:19:25 PM »

looks like a barred to me but the pic is a bit blurred

Woodchuck · « **Reply #3 on:** December 29, 2010, 05:25:04 PM »

tell us if it tastes like chicken

huntergreg · « **Reply #4 on:** December 29, 2010, 05:29:44 PM »

this is a pics of a spotted owl.

Huntbear · « **Reply #5 on:** December 29, 2010, 05:54:23 PM »

Looks like the fabled spotted owl to me,, but I am not expert on owls..

Ray · « **Reply #6 on:** December 29, 2010, 06:52:37 PM »

Quote from: Huntbear on December 29, 2010, 05:54:23 PM

Looks like the fabled spotted owl to me,, but I am not expert on owls..

boneaddict · « **Reply #7 on:** December 29, 2010, 06:52:56 PM »

BARRED OWL.

boneaddict · « **Reply #8 on:** December 29, 2010, 06:55:33 PM »

spotted owls are dark and barred throughout, especially notable on the chest. BARRED owls are more buff or lighter in color on their bodies and have vertical stripes or markings on their bodies.

singleshot12 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 29, 2010, 07:19:15 PM »

yep 100% Barred owl

MuleySniper · « **Reply #10 on:** December 30, 2010, 10:48:21 AM »

Cool! Thanks guys. I like having em around. I guess as long as they don't kill my wives chickens. They're like her kids. I might want to screen off the top of the run.
MS

Kain · « **Reply #11 on:** December 30, 2010, 11:02:06 AM »

Barred Owl

Spotted owl

Both side by side. Interesting they are thinking about killing barred owls to save spotted owls.
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/should_the_government_shoot_on.html

runamuk · « **Reply #12 on:** December 30, 2010, 11:08:51 AM »

Better not kill the barred owls they are my friends *censored* ....stupid people think its ok to go around killin stuff for some environmentalists pet ...pretty sure wolves and sealions kill spotted owls off them first

dscubame · « **Reply #13 on:** December 30, 2010, 11:15:21 AM »

Quote from: JIMKD8 on December 29, 2010, 05:25:04 PM

tell us if it tastes like chicken

Or Bald Eagle.

ThunderChicken66 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 30, 2010, 09:40:22 PM »

I believe it's a Barred owl.

saylean · « **Reply #15 on:** December 30, 2010, 09:42:38 PM »

This isnt the type of hooter I was hoping to see!...

BWAYAHAHAHHAHAH

Cool pic though...love owls.

ser300wsm · « **Reply #16 on:** January 07, 2011, 08:01:34 PM »

Owls are cool, i would say a barred owl...

rchance83 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 11, 2011, 03:25:39 PM »

95% sure its a barred owl.

True Sportsman · « **Reply #18 on:** January 11, 2011, 03:29:32 PM »

Quote from: boneaddict on December 29, 2010, 06:52:56 PM

BARRED OWL.

This man is correct, it is a Barred Owl.

Highly unlikely its a spotted owl, although they look very similar.

GoldTip · « **Reply #19 on:** January 11, 2011, 03:48:43 PM »

Quote from: True Sportsman on January 11, 2011, 03:29:32 PM

Quote from: boneaddict on December 29, 2010, 06:52:56 PM
BARRED OWL.

This man is correct, it is a Barred Owl.

Highly unlikely its a spotted owl, although they look very similar.

I don't know Owl's from my elbow, but I do have a question? Why would it be "highly unlikely ti's a spotted owl?" I'm very serious and not being a smarty pants at all. Is it in the wrong area, or is it just it's appearance that makes it unlikely, or are spotted owls just that rare?

bobcat · « **Reply #20 on:** January 11, 2011, 03:56:10 PM »

Probably just because they are extremely rare.

True Sportsman · « **Reply #21 on:** January 12, 2011, 08:34:11 AM »

Quote from: GoldTip on January 11, 2011, 03:48:43 PM

Quote from: True Sportsman on January 11, 2011, 03:29:32 PM
Quote from: boneaddict on December 29, 2010, 06:52:56 PM
BARRED OWL.

This man is correct, it is a Barred Owl.

Highly unlikely its a spotted owl, although they look very similar.
I don't know Owl's from my elbow, but I do have a question? Why would it be "highly unlikely ti's a spotted owl?" I'm very serious and not being a smarty pants at all. Is it in the wrong area, or is it just it's appearance that makes it unlikely, or are spotted owls just that rare?

Spotted owls are extremely rare. Barred owls are common, that is why I said it was highly unlikely it was a spotted owl.

GoldTip · « **Reply #22 on:** January 12, 2011, 08:50:37 AM »

Quote from: True Sportsman on January 12, 2011, 08:34:11 AM

Quote from: GoldTip on January 11, 2011, 03:48:43 PM
Quote from: True Sportsman on January 11, 2011, 03:29:32 PM
Quote from: boneaddict on December 29, 2010, 06:52:56 PM
BARRED OWL.

This man is correct, it is a Barred Owl.

Highly unlikely its a spotted owl, although they look very similar.
I don't know Owl's from my elbow, but I do have a question? Why would it be "highly unlikely ti's a spotted owl?" I'm very serious and not being a smarty pants at all. Is it in the wrong area, or is it just it's appearance that makes it unlikely, or are spotted owls just that rare?

Spotted owls are extremely rare. Barred owls are common, that is why I said it was highly unlikely it was a spotted owl.

OK cool, thanks for the info.

boneaddict · « **Reply #23 on:** January 12, 2011, 04:43:14 PM »

Probably because its a hundred percent barred owl, so its very likely not a spotted owl.

Kain · « **Reply #24 on:** January 14, 2011, 09:40:26 AM »

There is that.

boneaddict · « **Reply #25 on:** January 14, 2011, 10:54:46 AM »

I think Jay appreciates the smart ass in me.

GoldTip · « **Reply #26 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:23:15 AM »

Quote from: boneaddict on January 12, 2011, 04:43:14 PM

Probably because its a hundred percent barred owl, so its very likely not a spotted owl.

I thought that might be your answer when I was dumb enuff to ask the question. Hell if snow owls weren't white, I wouldn't know they were different from any of the ones pictured here. Up where I live in SPokane we got this one little bitty owl, maybe like 8" tall I'd imagine, I've never got very close to him, he is either on the ground or way the hell up one of the big Yellow or Ponderosa pines I got in my yard. I've never seen an owl so small, but I'd swear thats what it is. And no Doug, I don't wanna hear that it's the extremely rare "tiny owl".

PolarBear · « **Reply #27 on:** January 14, 2011, 11:27:41 AM »

I is not an owl, it is a barred rock chicken. Shoot it and have it for dinner!

boneaddict · « **Reply #28 on:** January 14, 2011, 12:12:33 PM »

That would probably be a Burrowing owl Goldtip.

Pygmys are even smaller and darn cute.

DOUBLELUNG · « **Reply #29 on:** January 14, 2011, 12:59:50 PM »

Quote from: GoldTip on January 14, 2011, 11:23:15 AM

Quote from: boneaddict on January 12, 2011, 04:43:14 PM
Probably because its a hundred percent barred owl, so its very likely not a spotted owl.

I thought that might be your answer when I was dumb enuff to ask the question. Hell if snow owls weren't white, I wouldn't know they were different from any of the ones pictured here. Up where I live in SPokane we got this one little bitty owl, maybe like 8" tall I'd imagine, I've never got very close to him, he is either on the ground or way the hell up one of the big Yellow or Ponderosa pines I got in my yard. I've never seen an owl so small, but I'd swear thats what it is. And no Doug, I don't wanna hear that it's the extremely rare "tiny owl".

If he has "ears", probably a screech owl. If not, saw whet owl would be my next bet.

boneaddict · « **Reply #30 on:** January 14, 2011, 01:06:20 PM »

Boreal was what I was thinking...NOT Burrowing. Which is the Saw Whet......(now that you are totally confused.)

steen · « **Reply #31 on:** January 14, 2011, 01:54:19 PM »

The kind that will make toilet paper obsolete!!

GoldTip · « **Reply #32 on:** January 14, 2011, 03:26:37 PM »

Quote from: boneaddict on January 14, 2011, 01:06:20 PM

Boreal was what I was thinking...NOT Burrowing. Which is the Saw Whet......(now that you are totally confused.)

OK cool thanks. For all intents and purposes this one I'm referring to looks like just miniature of what we used to refer to as a "barn owl" back home. Just mini sized. Oh yeah, he's also vocal as hell at times.

boneaddict · « **Reply #33 on:** January 14, 2011, 03:46:40 PM »

That would be the Borreal. They have the "barn" owl face compared to the screech.

DOUBLELUNG · « **Reply #34 on:** January 14, 2011, 04:56:52 PM »

Quote from: boneaddict on January 14, 2011, 01:06:20 PM

Boreal was what I was thinking...NOT Burrowing. Which is the Saw Whet......(now that you are totally confused.)

Saw whet is just barely larger than the pygmy. Has dark eyes instead of yellow, little white streaks on brown on top of its head, brown instead of gray. likes open conifers and mixed forests, heavier canopy than where I usually see the pygmy. Name comes from it's call, which reminded people of the sound of sharpening a crosscut saw with a whetstone.

boneaddict · « **Reply #35 on:** January 14, 2011, 05:14:49 PM »

Quote

which reminded people of the sound of sharpening a crosscut saw with a whetstone.

Thats cool. I always wondered what the heck that meant.

hirshey · « **Reply #36 on:** January 15, 2011, 12:29:24 PM »

Quote from: boneaddict on December 29, 2010, 06:52:56 PM

BARRED OWL.

+1. More white on the breast = Barred.

denali · « **Reply #37 on:** January 15, 2011, 12:46:04 PM »

pic of a saw whet we rescued during elk season, found it in the middle of the road we think it was hit by a vehicle, it was not able to open one eye. We contacted WDFW who got us in contact with a lady in Kennewick who in turn took it to Pendlton, they rehabilitated the owl and released it where we found it.

hirshey · « **Reply #38 on:** January 15, 2011, 12:48:41 PM »

VERY cool!

rhc2000 · « **Reply #39 on:** January 15, 2011, 05:05:31 PM »

just cant tell form the picture

DOUBLELUNG · « **Reply #40 on:** January 15, 2011, 11:03:08 PM »

Quote from: denali on January 15, 2011, 12:46:04 PM

pic of a saw whet we rescued during elk season, found it in the middle of the road we think it was hit by a vehicle, it was not able to open one eye. We contacted WDFW who got us in contact with a lady in Kennewick who in turn took it to Pendlton, they rehabilitated the owl and released it where we found it.

Great job! However, that is a really nice gray phase screech owl. No ear tufts on the saw whet!

denali · « **Reply #41 on:** January 15, 2011, 11:15:02 PM »

Thanks doublelung, we did not know what it was and took the woman's word for it.

another pic.

lokidog · « **Reply #42 on:** January 15, 2011, 11:50:10 PM »

Cute little screecher! Hopefully his eye recovers.

boneaddict · « **Reply #43 on:** January 20, 2011, 09:17:48 PM »

Sitting out on my front porch right now and there is a screech owl out here working. Noisey little buggers

PolarBear · « **Reply #44 on:** January 20, 2011, 09:53:32 PM »

That's funny, I was just down at the barn feeding the cows while listening to 2 hooty owls about 200 yards apart.

lokidog · « **Reply #45 on:** January 21, 2011, 10:05:05 AM »

It's been a quiet owl winter here this year. We generally have two or three that we can hear but this year we have only heard one and that was only one night. Maybe with the nasty weather we haven't been out as much this year after dark?

We had asaw-whet two years ago that would hang out by the house. We finally figured out he was scoping the dog food dish watching for mice coming around. Owls are pretty cool.

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