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Barred Owl juvenile
Juvenile Barred Owl (Strix varia) taken near Molalla, OR. I found this young bird, along with its parents while doing Spotted Owl surveys in the area. Unlike the other Barred in my photostream, that nested in city park, these birds truly are displacing Spotteds. Note the shaggy, short belly "bars." It seems these must be slower in coming in than other first-year plumage.
Barred Owl juvenile
Juvenile Barred Owl (Strix varia) taken near Molalla, OR. I found this young bird, along with its parents while doing Spotted Owl surveys in the area. Unlike the other Barred in my photostream, that nested in city park, these birds truly are displacing Spotteds. Note the shaggy, short belly "bars." It seems these must be slower in coming in than other first-year plumage.