Barred Owl

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auan Brooks BARRED OWL Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies

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No. 17 Barred Owl 8f a Length 20 inches The Barred Owl and its relative, the Great Horned Owl, are the two species which are gen- erally spoken of without discrimination as “Hoot Owls." While both birds “hoot,” even the most casual observer will find no difficulty in distin- guishing the two by their notes alone. The "hoot" of the Great Horned Owl is a monotone while modulations; at times even remindin sort of wild, demoniacal laughter o The present rema Eluloof species, unlike the Great He's a facial disc unrelieved by eart? Homed The Barred Owl nostjlee whole, as beneficiat.'alphough it occasionally regarded, on the catches poultry Odi 109 stomachs ex- amined, 5.05 or game; 13, other a lizard; 2. fisha The Barred Owl ju preeminently a bird of deep swamps and heavy woodlands. The nest is usu- ally in a hollow tree, although now and then in an old Crow's or Hawk's nest From two to four white eggs are laid ve 20 wtran spiders ; 9, Classification: Order Raptores. Family Strigida. Scientific name: Strix varia. Range: Throughout eastern North America from Manitoba and Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico. No. 17 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon So- cieties, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00 post paid.