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Barred Owl

Strix varia

Photo by Geodialist
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Field Notes

Description:

A Barred Owl playing peek-a-boo from high a-top an evergreen tree. Related Resource: Barred Owl feathers http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6587093

Habitat:

Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,425 acre wetland area in Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resource: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntley/

Notes:

Three tips of the hat to: 1) "AshleyBradford" for telling me where she spotted this beautiful bird recently; 2) Phil Wherry, my good friend and Tech Guru, for guiding me through the tricky post-processing of this image using Apple "Aperture"; and 3) "Steffi" for identifying a couple of Barred Owl feathers I found at another location. Copyright © 2012 Walter Sanford. All rights reserved. www.wsanford.com

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Comments (1)

Very nice! One of my pair is at least this obstructed as well, and half the face of the other is, too. I don't blame them for wanting to hide, though - too many noisy nosy humans!

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