Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Originally Posted by johnw
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Given the time of day, and the impression of size, I think it's an owl.

Got another mystery bird pic on another card I'll put up shortly


Prob’ly an owl, no idea of species. If it’s as wooded as it looks a barn owl is less likely, they hunt open country.

Actually I’m gonna guess smaller, just looks it to me: eastern screech owl.

https://www.birdnote.org/explore/sights-sounds/photo/2018/11/eastern-screech-owl-approach








Not really woods right there, that's just some scrub at the edge of the adjacent property. There's a smallish wood lot a quarter mile south of us, and a wooded ridge stretching several miles to our south and east.
Also an uncut ridge head a mile to our north, with fingers extending south.

Great horned and barred owls are common here. The barn owls are supposed to be around but I don't see them. I don't think the barn owls are as common here, as some county extension office made a deal of it when they found a nest in an abandoned barn a few years back.

"Chances Will Be Taken"