Bird Watchers?

[CHWine]

anyone know which owl this is? Northern California it seems like a young fella and doesn't seem to want to fly when crowded. It's very near a hollow tree and I'm thinking it fell out of the nest. Hoping mom comes after dark before a raccoon or fox shows up.

 

[Voyageur]

Based off your picture my best guess is a Barred Owl. The map of their range only shows them venturing into extreme northern CA during the winter months.

 

[Voyageur]

Actually, I take that back. It looks like they are year round residents in northern CA.

 

[grizz_bait]

definitely a barred owl

 

[Rich M]

Looks like the swamp owls we see down here in FL. They are a hoot - literally - when you set up near their daytime roost tree and they show up 5 minutes before daylight - will about hop into your lap to see what that blob is doing in the tree- wasn't there yesterday!

 

[Ridley]

It’s an adult barred owl.

 

[CHWine]

Bad news on our owl. Still pretty unresponsive this morning. Garbage man took him in a cat carrier. Gonna take it to a vet. I'm not very hopeful.

 

[Nickofthewoods]

Your garbage man took the owl?

 

[Ridley]

Sounds like it’s sick, or possibly injured. Are there any rodent bait traps around that you know about. Could have found and eaten a poisoned rodent.