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Barred Owl - (Strix varia) 

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Identification

  • Large owl with round head shape, dark eyes
  • Vertical bars on belly
  • Brown or grey coloring, mottled
  • 21" (53 cm.)

Habitat

  • Woodland, often near water

Additional Information

  • Fairly common resident
  • Very vocal with wide repertoire of calls
  • Common call - "who cooks for you"
  • Nocturnal but sometimes calls in daytime
  • Nests in tree cavities
  • Breeding season in early spring

Close Up of a barred owl

Barred Owl perched in branch 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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