Episode Number
39
Episode Show Notes / Description
Barred owl (Strix varia).
The dark-eyed owl with a goofy call, a quirky history, and a penchant for bottomland forests.
The dark-eyed owl with a goofy call, a quirky history, and a penchant for bottomland forests.
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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:
- Barred Owl call and counter-singing by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML507062)
- Barred Owl Screeching by Robert C. Stein and William W. H. Gunn (ML507064)
Sources and more:
- https://www.audubon.org/news/is-mothman-west-virginia-owl
- https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl
- https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/barred-owl
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- Peterson RT, Peterson VM. 1980. A field guide to the birds : a completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America. Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company (The Peterson field guide series ; 1).
- Sibley D. 2016. Sibley birds East : field guide to birds of eastern North America. Second edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf (Field guide to birds of eastern North America).