http://ncios.org/blog/reddish-barred-owl/ Blog of the Rockford Bird Club Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://ncios.org/blog/reddish-barred-owl/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Dan Williams Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:48:20 +0000 http://ncios.org/blog/reddish-barred-owl/#comment-81 Your photo does show the owl on the more rusty side, but the field guides do show Barred Owls with a lot of reddish brown, particularly on the wing coverts. Maybe the greater degree of red on this bird was the result of the lighting, or, alternately, the bird was still in fairly fresh plumage. Your photo does show the owl on the more rusty side, but the field guides do show Barred Owls with a lot of reddish brown, particularly on the wing coverts. Maybe the greater degree of red on this bird was the result of the lighting, or, alternately, the bird was still in fairly fresh plumage.

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