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Barred Owl
[Strix varia]
[Length 21 in. Wingspan 42 in.]
WHO COOKS FOR YOU?.
WHO COOKS FOR YOU-ALL?.
Barred Owls are known for this haunting, repetitious song, which is occasionally heard even during the day.
Barred Owls are a common resident of swamps and wet forests in the eastern US and much of southern Canada.
They have dark eyes (not the glaring, piercing, yellow eyes usually associated with owls and other birds of prey), which gives them a mysterious and sometimes quizzical appearance.
This one was photographed in the Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia, USA.
Photo taken with a Celestron 750mm f5.6 lens on Ektachrome 400 film.
(Date: May 1978)
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