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=Barred Owl = = =

Barred Owl : By Katy B. & Gabby G. "Who cooks for you, who cooks for you. It’s me the great horned owl will pursue.  I eat shrews, rats, squirrels, fish, and mice.  When I hunt for pray I don’t think twice. This my friends, is what’s on the menu."

What they eat ** : **meadow voles, mice and shrews, rats, squirrels, rabbits, bats, moles, opossums, mink, and weasels, woodpeckers, grouse, quails, jays, doves and pigeons, and even domestic ducks, fish, turtles, frogs and crayfish, snakes, lizards, salamanders, slugs, scorpions, beetles, crickets, and grasshoppers They get eaten by : Great horned owls, other predators. media type="youtube" key="0w3LN49Y4WQ" height="315" width="420"

Barred owls typically live in nests higher in trees. They prefer more dense forest area, but will take any type of forest with deciduous trees. They also may take abandoned hawk nests to raise their young.
 * = Kingdom: ||= Animalia ||
 * = Phylum: ||= Chordata ||
 * = Class: ||= Aves ||
 * = Order: ||= Strigiformes ||
 * = Family: ||= Strigidae ||
 * = Genus: ||= Strix ||
 * = Species: ||= S. varia ||

These owls usually hunt at night by sitting on a high perch and looking and listening for prey. They may also fight with predators or other birds while hunting. Barred owls are low concern on the endangered species list, and their populations have been growing and expanding westward. Map Of Barred Owls

The most distinct call of the Barred Owl sounds like someone saying "Who cooks for you, who cooks for you." Here is a soundclip of their call: Owl Sound

Depending on where the Barred Owl lives, it lays its eggs between January and April. It usually produces 2 to 4 eggs,that hatch about 4 weeks later. The small owls fledge, (build muscles to fly) for up to 5 weeks before they are ready to fly.

The belly feathers of some Barred Owls are pink, which may be the result of eating a lot of crayfish.

As the Barred Owl moves into the Pacific Northwest, it is breeding with its close relative, the Spotted Owl, to form hybrid birds.

A barred owl's right ear is higher than its left ear. Hearing from two different angles helps it pinpoint the location of prey.

The reason behind the name Barred Owl is the bars of brown and white across the bird’s chest.



The Barred Owl goes by different names. Other names used for this bird are: Northern Barred Owl, Swamp Owl, Striped Owl, Hoot Owl, Eight hooter, Round-headed Owl, Le Chat-huant du Nord (French for The Hooting Cat of the North), Wood Owl, and Rain Owl.

Barred Owls eat their prey whole. That is why they regurgitate balls of feather and bones after a meal.

Live 10 to 23 years.

Common causes of injury include collision with cars, toxins from eating mice that were poisoned, kite string in trees, discarded fishing line, volley ball and soccer nets, and attacks from crows.

Of the North American owls, the barred owl is the species most likely to be active during the day, especially when raising chicks or when food is scarce in the winter months.