Anyone Familiar With Owls?

[Maggiemaeodie]

We see a pair of barred owls often. Middle of the day. They’re cool. They mate for life.

 

[fastfish66]

After seeing it today it's definitely big enough to take off with one of my chickens if it wanted to. He was in the trees behind the chicken coop watching the chickens in the yard.

I say,that there's a chicken hawk.

 

[Bear44]

Probably a Barred Owl. There's a pair that nest in my valley every spring. They can get very talkative any time of day or night. The females can get some good size to them.

 

[CliffB]

I say,that there's a chicken hawk.

We've got a breeding pair of Cooper's hawks during the spring and summer. When I first got chickens I had bantams and they were all under 2 pounds. Those Coopers Hawks did a number on my birds back then. Now all of my birds are 6-8lbs.

 

[CliffB]

Probably a Barred Owl. There's a pair that nest in my valley every spring. They can get very talkative any time of day or night. The females can get some good size to them.

That's what I will assume then. They are talkative during the day and visually it fits.

 

[harrycalahan]

@Raptorman the resident hooter!

 

[olerambler]

Yes certain days you can hear owls calling sometimes weather changes and such. Owls are winter nesters they start earlier than Hawks so the young owlets get a jump on things when young of other prey start getting big enough be out on their own.

 

[41mag]

Déjà vu all over again... Watched this a couple of days ago. Cool birds of prey. Search YouTube for owls fighting hawks and wolves. They are some badass birds.

great show, thanks for the post !

 

[Redneck1919]

We had a great horned owl in our back yard trees several years ago. He was on the ground and watched him turn his head almost all the way around. Big sucker. When he took off looked like 5 foot wingspan. Used to hear him around, but have not lately.

 

[24on48hunting]

The coolest thing to hear is when several owls start making the vocalization known as “laughing”.