The Barred Owl

From Great River and Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuges:


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According to The Cornell Lab of Ornithology website, the barred owl is originally a bird of the east. During the twentieth century it spread through the Pacific Northwest and southward into California. You can read more about this bird at https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/id

Photo: Barred owl by Jennie Townsend 




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