Next time you hear hooting and it sounds like “Who’s coming for dinner,” take a look in your garden or backyard to determine ...

A barred owl demonstrated the patience of a saint while being repeatedly flown into by smaller birds as it perched on a tree in New Jersey. Footage posted to Instagram by Eric Capers shows the owl ...

FILE - Wildlife technician Jordan Hazan records data from a male barred owl he shot earlier in the night, Oct. 24, 2018, inside a lab in Corvallis, Ore. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) ...

Barred owls are more common in the eastern U.S., but have expanded their range in the 20th century to include parts of Washington, Oregon, and California, according to All About Birds. Differences ...

Barred owls began invading spotted owl territory in British Columbia in 1959, then expanded into Washington and Oregon around 1970, reaching California by the mid-1970s.

Both birds have a classic, round owl face and dark eyes. The barred owl has creamy breast feathers marked with vertical bars of brown, while the spotted owl, like a negative image of that, is ...

More recently, blame for that has been laid on the barred owl, a larger bird more common in the East that has been moving into Northwest forests. Comment on the proposal.

Backyard bird feeders attract a host of creatures looking for food in winter, but to my surprise this winter the tube feeders and their devotees attracted a visit from a barred owl.

Barred owls aren’t uncommon, even in the city, but unlike the snowy owl that thrilled birders in Central Park for a time before moving on, Barry stuck around.

The barred owl’s range is widespread and only getting wider. They are found all over the eastern half of the United States and are even encroaching on the habitat of the spotted owl in the ...

Barry the Barred Owl was first spotted on Oct. 9 by a group of devoted birders including Robert DeCandido, a New Yorker who has conducted bird walks in Central Park for some 32 years and is known ...