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Title: Any one know what type of owl this is?
Post by: splashcaster 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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Post by: RadSav on August 08, 2014, 01:54:03 AM: Spotted-Barr Hybrid

It could happen :chuckle:
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Post by: X-Force 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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Post by: billythekidrock on August 08, 2014, 04:55:35 AM: Too big for Spotted. Looks like a Barred to me.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on August 08, 2014, 05:27:27 AM: Hungry owl
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Post by: Becky on August 08, 2014, 06:59:31 AM: Spotted
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Post by: Dhoey07 on August 08, 2014, 07:00:55 AM: Looks like a ruffed grouse from the back :yike:
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Post by: runamuk on August 08, 2014, 07:52:42 AM: looks barred to me
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Post by: boneaddict on August 08, 2014, 07:59:13 AM: Young Barred owl
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Post by: Alchase 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"
Title: Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
Post by: HunterStrait on August 10, 2014, 05:44:58 PM: barred owl. A spotted owl would look like this below.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F1%2F14%2FNorthern_Spotted_Owl.USFWS-thumb.jpg&hash=07fab2792291c0a68719a7e1679af5e37794e7bf)

Barred owl
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owlpages.com%2Fpictures%2Fspecies-Strix-varia-9.jpg&hash=2b73810e409e57c314d5259476d669f707764328)
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Post by: Romulus1297 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.
Title: Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
Post by: Becky on August 13, 2014, 06:54:48 AM: Quote from: Smossy's Girl on August 08, 2014, 06:59:31 AM
Spotted

50/50 chance of guessing :chuckle: :dunno:
Title: Re: Any one know what type of owl this is?
Post by: lokidog 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: