Love, Love, Love it! You are so lucky to have him/her around for beauty and pest control. Great shot.

So funny - I live surrounded by forest and rarely see them but I hear them nearly every day and that is almost as good.

We hear them too. That owl was so calm I couldn't believe it. I didn't make a sound - just walked up about 4-5 ft away. Took a bunch of shots & backed away. It didn't even fly off! I'm in my yard so much they know me - & aren't afraid...

Barred Owls are among my favorites. When they get into their "monkey chatter" squabbling it is quite entertaining.

Great pic and thanks for sharing it.

tj

What a cutey!

Great picture of an owl! They're really hard to get. I'm usually lucky if I hear them around at night. I've never seen a barred owl before. They're very good looking.

I want one of those!!

Oh, that is a wonderful photo! I love owls. Saw a Great Horned in a tree out back a couple of years ago. He was silhouetted by a full moon. He saw me and flew to a neighbor's tree, then flew back over our yard and toward the woods behind. It was thrilling. I have kept an eye out ever since, but haven't seen another.

this was not the only time I've seen or heard them just the only time I got a photo...my neighbor collects owl "stuff"...might do this myself I'm so fond of them now...

Do fake owls scare away rodents?

I don't know. One neighbor has a fake owl on the side of his house but the family is NOT friendly. This neighbor had a lot of woodpecker holes. Probably why it's there...they also hung 5 cd's on that same side...looks ugly...

No, Deanna, fake owls don't scare away rodents. Rodents have poor eyesight and can't see them. Fake owls are usually used to ward off particular birds, such as pigeons, from roosting.

Yes and it works for about 2 hours before they figure it out lol!

Lol! Need a photo of a dummy owl surrounded by pigeons and covered in droppings to go with that statement.

hostatakeover - what u said reminds me of the photo of a squirrel eating bird seed sitting inside the cage of a squirrel proof feeder

Lol! Love it!

A neighbor had a fake owl on his garage. A mated pair of Cooper's Hawks nearby kept dive bombing it and each time they did, they "relieved" themselves. Made quite a mess in the two weeks he had it up...dark roof, you know. lol

tj

All of these stories r telling me fake owls don't fool anything...

Just people, Nicholsworth....into buying them.

hostatakeover...true...people always want the easy way out which almost never works...

That's a great photo! I hear them in my neck of the woods but I've yet to see one sitting in a tree all photo-ready - not counting the little Eastern Screech Owl that got stuck in my chimney a couple of years ago! He was successfully removed and sent back out into the wild.

hostanista - so glad your owl was set free and is ok.