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Brian Morin

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Date taken: Feb 20 2025

Details: adult

Ottawa - The bird was still actively hunting 90 minutes after sunrise. The frosty look to its face is actual frost.

Date uploaded: Feb 21

Comments (2):
Ahmad Shah: Fantastic capture.
Brian Morin: A very cooperative bird in nice early light. This makes up for a midday shot of another one in bright sunlight that I got a few weeks ago. I couldn't do much with the conditions and that bird was squinting.

Barred Owl (25)

Brian Morin

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Date taken: Jul 31 2023

Details: adult

Ottawa - This is a very reliable bird. It stays in a very tight area and regularly fishes for frogs and minnows. Because of this it comes much lower in the trees than you'd otherwise see.

Date uploaded: Aug 1 2023

Comments (2):
Ahmad Shah: That is a wonderful capture.
BrianMorin: I saw the owl a few hours earlier, further back and three times as high with a branch across its face. I returned, monitored it for 30 minutes when its started to come to life, preening then later flying to a much better perch for both of us (the bird and for me).

Barred Owl (25)

Brian Morin

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Details: adult

Ottawa - I got lucky with timing. I arrived while it was still cloudy so the owl kept its eyes open most of the time. As soon as the sun came out they were closed.

Date uploaded: Jan 15 2023

Comments (10):
Sue Bishop: Fantastic closeup,Brian!
BrianMorin: Thanks Sue. This worked well because the bird was perched in the top of a snag very much like you'd see a Screech Owl. This was midday so I was very lucky to have it look alert.

Barred Owl (25)

Jay Vandergaast

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Date taken: Dec 26 2018

Date uploaded: Jul 6 2022

Barred Owl (25)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Feb 15 2021

Details: adult

Ingleside

Date uploaded: Feb 22 2021

Barred Owl (25)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Apr 18 2020

Details: adult

Ingleside - This was a complete surprise. I was driving along a road at the edge of a cedar woods and the bird took off from a large six foot high stump before I saw it. It landed close enough for a few shots before heading off. This was in the middle of the afternoon.

Date uploaded: Apr 19 2020

Barred Owl (25)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Feb 11 2019

Details: male, adult

Ottawa - my guess at it being a male was based on size. Good number of birds this winter. There were three along this road within 2 km.

Date uploaded: Feb 12 2019

Barred Owl (25)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Jan 2 2019

Details: adult

Williamsburg - I went looking for a Barred that a friend had told me about the day before. After some looking I spotted it enjoying some late day sun.

Date uploaded: Jan 3 2019