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Barred Owl
Tryon Creek State Park, Portland, OR. Part of the Barred Owl invasion of the west. It certainly would be unlikely to find Spotteds in the this park, however. I am assuming this is the male of the pair due to the chickadee ruckus in another tree. Presumably where the female is incubating. He (?) did not vocalize and without the other bird size comparison isn't possible so the sex is still just a guess. Note facial disk color in comparison to breast and nape and compared to Spotted.
Barred Owl
Tryon Creek State Park, Portland, OR. Part of the Barred Owl invasion of the west. It certainly would be unlikely to find Spotteds in the this park, however. I am assuming this is the male of the pair due to the chickadee ruckus in another tree. Presumably where the female is incubating. He (?) did not vocalize and without the other bird size comparison isn't possible so the sex is still just a guess. Note facial disk color in comparison to breast and nape and compared to Spotted.