{"id":13706,"date":"2020-03-23T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=13706"},"modified":"2020-03-17T14:01:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T18:01:50","slug":"take-5-barred-owls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-barred-owls\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Barred Owls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Solemnity is what they express\u2014fit representatives of the night.\u201d<\/p>\u2014Henry David Thoreau<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The shy but stocky Barred Owl does indeed cut a solemn figure, with its soulful, dark brown, almost black eyes and stripes of mottled brown and white crossing its body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many nighttime travelers in the New England woods have been asked,\u00a0who cooks for you, who cooks for you all?\u00a0<\/em>by a Barred Owl. Its deep, resonant voice carries well in the moist, forested woodlands that the species prefers during the breeding season. They prefer natural tree cavities and human-made nest boxes for their nesting sites, preferably high enough up to avoid predators like weasels and raccoons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barred Owls are quiet and elusive, but since they don’t migrate at all, they don’t tend to move around all that much, generally adhering to a territory of no more than a few square miles their entire lives. Although their territories may sometimes overlap, Barred Owls do their best to avoid their cousins, Great Horned Owls\u2014their greatest predator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can learn more about the Owls of Massachusetts<\/a> on our website, report an owl sighting<\/a> of your own, and enjoy five photos of these gorgeous raptors from our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a> photo contest, below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Barred
Barred Owl \u00a9 Ronald Grant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Barred
Barred Owl \u00a9 Jim Renault<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Barred
Barred Owl \u00a9 Corey Nimmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Barred
Barred Owl \u00a9 Darya Zelentsova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Barred
Barred Owl with Young \u00a9 Tina McManus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Barred
Barred Owl \u00a9 Cynthia Rand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Solemnity is what they express\u2014fit representatives of the night.\u201d \u2014Henry David Thoreau The shy but stocky Barred Owl does indeed cut a solemn figure, with its soulful, dark brown, almost black eyes and stripes of mottled brown and white crossing its body. Many nighttime travelers in the New England woods have been asked,\u00a0who cooks for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":13714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,158],"tags":[28,80,83,84],"class_list":["post-13706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-take-5","tag-birds","tag-owls","tag-photo-contest","tag-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/03\/6039Cynthia_Rand30889.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3z4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8632,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/owling-101-how-to-spot-an-owl\/","url_meta":{"origin":13706,"position":0},"title":"Owling 101: How to Spot an Owl","author":"Ryan D.","date":"February 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"You may be surprised to learn that owls can be heard in most neighborhoods and backyards, even in Boston and the near suburbs. 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