barred owl
Streaked nocturnal hunter
A barred owl is a large North American owl with dark eyes and distinctive horizontal barring across its chest, shifting to vertical streaks on the belly.
Its call sounds like Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?
Common in eastern forests, it has expanded westward, threatening the smaller spotted owl through competition and hybridization.
Organism that consumes others
- preyAnimal being hunted
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- talonsHooked bird claws
- carnivoreCreature eating only animals
hunter · ambush · swooping · silent flight · rodent · vole · mouse · rabbit
Owl's cry
- callContact by phone
- duetPiece for two
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- echoReflected sound wave
resonate · vocalize · caterwauling · screech · barking · cackle · sound · dusk
Of or concerning birds
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- talonsHooked bird claws
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
plumage · nesting · flight · species · ornithology · birder · binoculars · conservation
Dark hours daily
- twilightLight after sunset
- darknessTotal absence of light
- moonlitBathed in lunar glow
- crepuscularRelating to dusk
dusk · nightfall · shadowy · silent · stealth · night hunter · concealment · camouflage
Tree-dense ecosystem
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- woodlandForested land area
- deciduousSheds foliage seasonally
- coniferousProducing woody cones
old-growth · bottomland · cypress · wetland · canopy · understory · arboreal · riparian
Carnivorous flying hunter
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- hybridizationMixing distinct genetic lines
- apex predatorUnpreyed-upon dominant hunter
predator
Organism that consumes others
carnivore · hunter · ambush · swooping · silent flight · rodent · vole · mouse · rabbit · squirrel
hoot
Owl's cry
- callContact by phone
- duetPiece for two
- territorialDefensive about owned space
echo · resonate · vocalize · caterwauling · screech · barking · cackle · sound · dusk · dawn
avian
Of or concerning birds
wingspan · plumage · nesting · flight · species · ornithology · birder · binoculars · conservation · endangered
night
Dark hours daily
crepuscular · dusk · nightfall · shadowy · silent · stealth · night hunter · concealment · camouflage
forest
Tree-dense ecosystem
coniferous · old-growth · bottomland · cypress · wetland · canopy · understory · arboreal · riparian · eastern
bird of prey
Carnivorous flying hunter
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- hybridizationMixing distinct genetic lines
barred owlgreat horned owl
Tufted nocturnal American raptor
barn owl · screech owl · snowy owl · long-eared owl · burrowing owl
owl, barred, barring, owls, unbarred, barn owl, rebar, snowy owl, disbarred