This guy showed up the other day in the woods behind our bird feeder. He wasn't there to prey upon the songbirds but simply to rest in a relatively quiet spot. I first saw him in the morning not sure what I was looking at. He stayed until just before sundown.
My first thought was that I was looking at a hornet's nest left over from last summer. However, when I put the binoculars on it I quickly saw feathers and a beak. Turns out that it was a Barred Owl (Strix Varia). They are pretty common around here and we often hear them at night with their distinctive hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo-hooo-aw! (per the Audubon Society Field Guide).
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