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Barred Owl
(also called a swamp owl, wood owl, laughing owl, black eye owl, rain owl, striped owl)

Medium size grey-brown owl with whitish brown facial disk and very dark brown eyes.

Body length 16 to 25 inches; weight 1.5 pounds to a little over 2 pounds; wingspan 38 inches to 50 inches.

Live in deep wet forests, wooded swamps, and other woods by waterways. Widespread in North America except in the southwest.

Will take a variety of food such as voles, mice, rates, squirrels, small rabbit, bats, moles, birds, small fish, frogs, turtles, large insects, mink, crayfish, etc.

Barred Owls will nest in tree cavities and abandoned Red-Shouldered Hawk nests, Cooper's Hawk nests, squirrel and crow nests. Young Barred Owls spend up to 4 months with their parents, quite a bit longer than other owls.