Finding a Barred Owl: The Watchful Eyes of the Forest

The Barred owl is one of the most beautiful and mysterious owl species in North America. With excellent camouflage and a haunting call, the Barred Owl is certainly a captivating bird. Join Badgerland Birding as they search an old growth forest for this amazing creature.
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[@woodsonjane]

Wow! Barred owls are just so beautiful, intelligent and peaceful! You two so lucky!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Glad you liked it! We'll have to make some more owl content for you, Jane! Our Sax Zim Bog videos have some owls in them as well if you haven't seen those yet

[@jacobwixom9275]

Barred owls are one of my favorite birds. Seeing one up close in the middle of the woods is what got me into bird watching. They are so awesome.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

That's awesome!

[@matthewhaverkamp8657]

There is a family of Barred Owls that lives in the woods by my work. I've seen both parents as well as chicks! Beautiful birds!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Awesome!

[@MsDee_777]

Owls are just awesome!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Definitely!

[@Jen_S_Hassler1258]

Guys! I had to dig this video up because I just discovered today that I have a pair of Barred Owls practically living in my backyard! (Southeastern PA) I heard it first, then pinned down where it was (unfortunately in a heavily leafed tree) but I got too close and it flew off. I was so heartbroken! At least I caught it's call in Merlin, so I have proof they're hanging around. SOMEday... Thanks so much for all of these great videos!

[@carolshannon6449]

So beautiful

[@VanessaG1229]

I was once awoken in the middle of the night by a pair of caterwauling barred owls. It was the most unique and eerie thing I've ever heard. Really cool, but I've yet to actually see one.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Haha, that sounds cool! They can be elusive sometimes.

[@YvonneSebastian1980]

Whooo doesn't love an owl..(see what I did there lol)..anyway..nice capture! thanks for sharing

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Haha love it! :) You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@GratefulDeb270]

Wonderful! Ty!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thanks for watching!

[@nobillclinton]

very kewl.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thanks.

[@juliebirb7162]

I love owls for the very same reasons you do.

[@ABirdersParadise]

I saw a Barred Owl last year but wasn't able to get any pictures. I like that video of it looking straight at the camera at 3:48.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Nice! Thanks! :)

[@whomoya]

Another excellent video! One humbly submitted correction, though- Barred Owls are not the 2nd largest owls in North America. Great Horned, Snowy, and Great Gray are all bigger, making Barred the 4th largest owl in NA. Regardless, they are imposing and haunting beasts, no doubt. Thanks for the great content; keep it up!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Hey, Wesley! Thanks for catching that. Looks like the source we used was (poorly) trying to say second most numerous, as opposed to second largest by size. We cut that part out of the video. Thanks for watching!

[@whomoya]

@@BadgerlandBirding right on, yeah I wondered if perhaps the thought was "2nd largest of the "common" owls", or perhaps meant to refer to abundance or distribution. Good on ya!

[@Nat06]

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[@thigmotrope]

You may have covered this in another video, but I'm interested in what camera y'all use. I think you're pictures are great!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thanks! So for some of the introduction video in this episode of Ryan talking, we used a Nikon D5300 but all the owl shots 🦉 were taken with the Panasonic LUMIX DMC FZ-80 which is a great, versatile camera.

[@_ethanol_]

There are to barred owls near me and they have owlets!

[@thigmotrope]

There is one place called Waukesha in the world.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

It’s a great place!