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Brian Morin

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Details: adult

Ingleside - There have been numerous sightings of these local breeders this winter.
The bird was hunting the roadside, enabling me to stay in the car to photograph it.

Date uploaded: Feb 23

Comments (1):
Chris: Lovely lighting. Amazing capture Brian.

Barred Owl (27)

Brian Morin

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Date taken: May 19 2025

Details: female, adult

Ottawa - The bird was hunting during the day to feed its young in a nearby nest about 20 metres up in an open treetop. Determining her sex was based on the bird's size, larger than a male. They will take large insects, worms, frogs, small fish and other prey as well as squirrels and rabbits. Several times the bird was quite close. We didn't approach it, it flew towards us as it continued the hunt.

Date uploaded: May 27 2025

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Excellent closeup,Brian!
Brian Morin: I was almost as close to this bird as it appears. It came to us and was picking up worms at the time.

Barred Owl (27)

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 2025

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 (27)

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 (27)

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 (27)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Feb 15 2021

Details: adult

Ingleside

Date uploaded: Feb 22 2021

Barred Owl (27)

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 (27)

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 (27)

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

Barred Owl (27)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Feb 23 2017

Details: adult

Cornwall - a stretch before the hunt.

Date uploaded: Feb 24 2017