Spotted owl

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  1. 6-eyed shaman

    6-eyed shaman Sock-eye salmon

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    I came home from work today to find an ultra-rare, spotted owl in the trees of my backyard.

    I'm newer to the area and my neighbors pointed it out to me as I got home. They say it roosts in my yard around this time each year.

    I had a shit day at work but this made it all better.
     
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  2. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    dont know what the last owl i seen was but it was just a curious baby one i came across in the woods last year while trying to follow a grouse

    the one before that was a great horned owl...with about 5 foot wingspan....the whoosh it made flapping those wings was awesome
     
  3. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    I'm 50/50 on owls.
    Sometimes they're cute and sometimes they ain't.
    Well the baby owls ain't. But, I find the hooting to be adorable. Lots of bird life where I live. :)
     
  4. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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    Let me guess.^^^^^^^^


    Cute
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    Not so cute........

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  5. Tyrsonswood

    Tyrsonswood Senior Moment Lifetime Supporter

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    I have Great Horned Owls here... Barred Owl too.
     
  6. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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    Around here the Snowy Owl is king
     
  7. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    No see the small baby owls are NOT cute.
    That mean one is just magnificent.
     
  8. 6-eyed shaman

    6-eyed shaman Sock-eye salmon

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    Yes I have heard the swooshing sound of a great horned owl flapping it's wings. It's incredible.


    Ok so I had to looked up what a barred owl was, not to be confused with barn owl. And yes they are completely different. This spotted owl I saw looked a little like a barred owl. The only way I could identify it was to take photos and look it up in my old bird book.


    Spotted owls were in the endangered list when I was a kid. But they've come back.

    The other owl story I had was about 10 years ago, 4 screech owls perched in a row on the diagonally open bathroom window of my parent's house one summer.
     
  9. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    I for one would not be happy if i had an ultra rare owl roosting in my yard. Its just not the best place and i would have to bother not to disturb them.
    I would tolerate and do my best if it would happen though.
     
  10. Spectacles

    Spectacles My life is a tapestry Lifetime Supporter

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ihe9RUssc
     
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  11. Meliai

    Meliai Banned

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    I don't know if i've ever seen an owl in person

    I havent heard one around here in ages, since I was a kid. I do hear them when I go camping but have never seen one

    So that's really cool you saw one shaman!
     
  12. YouFreeMe

    YouFreeMe Visitor

    Neat! I love owls :). Birds of prey are just stunning in person.
     
  13. 6-eyed shaman

    6-eyed shaman Sock-eye salmon

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    Here it is (actual photo of my visitor)

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  14. 6-eyed shaman

    6-eyed shaman Sock-eye salmon

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    ^^^

    Yes it does
     
  15. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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    The snowy owl although not native to the area begin arriving in November then return to their breeding grounds high in the arctic circle around April


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  16. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    Is it a weird feeling that you can't see them but they most definitely see you? Lol.
     
  17. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    i may have spotted one a time or two. growing up in the woods and all that.
    not everything that hoots is a bird.
    in leguinne's always coming home, stone telling's birth name was north owl.
     

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