Barred Owl Compilation (Amazing Close-Up Videos!)
Compilation of barred owl footage, filmed over the years, including various behaviors of both adult owls and young owlets. Highlights include owls calling, preening, hunting, and snoozing.
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Beautiful footage! Best I have seen of the Barred Owl. I hear these owls from time to time on my farm in Virginia. But never have seen one. Thanks for sharing!
I think that ALL owl species are amazingly cool ! Their way of looking at things is intense and concentratingly thoughtful.
I have one in my backyard and we hoot back and forth to each other :)
lmfao, youre awesome! I hear them too all the time. I f'n love it
Same!
I did that with one last year. I stepped outside because the AC unit broke and had to cool off, but it wasn't working. And then I hear it and respond. Weirdest evening of that summer.
Same hear except ots a great horned owl
Nice :)
Thank you for recording such beautiful moments.
Glad you enjoyed it, Michael - cheers!
I love Owls these days. They symbolize wisdom and femininity. Please login:5s2kaizen.com to view the work book. One of the pages shows a graphic of an owl.
Watching this is better than meditating!
Glad you are enjoying it, Terri - thanks for the kind words :)
It really is! Just a couple minutes in and I forgot all of my troubles 😊
So awesome! I absolutely love this! I have a family of Owls in my back yard and oh how I LOVE them! 💖
So lucky to have them right in your own backyard! What species? And yes, they are amazing birds for sure!
When it opened up its beak to cough up the owl pellet, the woodpecker knocking sound made me think it was the owl making a burp sound lol.
What is an owl pellet?
I live along a reservoir. I hear them but never see them. Thank you for this footage.
More than welcome and glad you enjoyed the footage. Fingers crossed you find one one day soon! (One tip is to listen for bluejays, crows, and chickadees making a racket in the woods. These birds will mob owls relentlessly. Following their calls will often lead you to an owl.) Good luck!
Earlier today I saw one look right at me with those beady black eyes.
1:30 when someone ring yo doorbell but you wasn’t expecting nobody.
The owl and baby owl are beautiful.👍
They definitely are :) Thanks for watching...
Never saw that before, dropping the Bones and feathers, amazing
Man, this is awesome would love to do what you do. I freaking love Owls
Cheers, Kenneth - appreciate the kind words.
I nearly had a heart attack the first time I laid my eyes on this owl, when I saw a picture of one looking at the camera. Now, though, they truly are a beautiful sight to behold for me. Of course, I’d probably jump if I looked up and saw one staring at me on a hiking trail.
They're nosy boogers. I've been stalked by them several times while out hiking. Oh well, better than a territorial head-bashing from a Great Horned lol.
Haha! So true about the great horned!
They are cutting up outside my window right now. Your footage is awesome
I heard one scream once. I said "probably a crazy girl" but my brain said *Owl detected.*
Haha! Too funny.
Fascinating to see that little baby run up the tree so effortlessly. Just incredible footage of Barred Owls and thank you. I also have footage of a Barred Owl, but none as good as this. Joan
Glad you enjoyed the video, Joan - definitely was a treat to see up close and first hand :)
6:13 love that wink
"To E4T6" : They sure are cool Birds of Prey. I live in Tennessee so I Hear their calls at night. I think a male and a female. One would use that Hoot resembling the phrase, "Who Cooks For You? Who Cooks For You All?" And I'd start to hear one using that Skwawky Laughing Hoot while fading off into the Wooded area behind my house where that First Barred Owl call came from. Probably flying towards the female saying, "Oooh! Here I come Baby!" LOL! I'm always about half asleep and it always makes me kinda laugh when I hear.
@@sonicboomkonkarbadger8476 I'm in central New Hampshire, there are two sets of them literally just outside my windows. They chase each other around at night like giant bats..and say the "who cooks for you" just amazing.
@@e4t662 Yea, They're cool.
I just moved out to Sweeny, Texas and have four that live on my property. Finally spotted them really well this evening. Your footage gave me a closer view at these magnificent birds. Loved the baby walking up the tree at the end. Incredible!
wow !! Thanks!! This is absolutely wonderful !!
Glad to hear you enjoyed the footage, Laurie - thanks for watching :)
Such beauties!! The throw up wasn't so pleasant but..... I have a Barred Owl living in the wooded area behind my property here in Texas and late at night I can hear him, very cool. I stop and listen and after about 10-15mins he gets quiet. Love them!! Oh yea, that Chickadee was sure letting the others know the Owl was there, uh?? lol Thanks for sharing!🦉
Thanks for watching...and yes, they are such wonderful owls. As for those chirping chickadees - cute little guys but can be annoying when they want to be, haha!
They are such beautiful animals. I had the pleasure of having encounters with them while camping recently in Atlantic Canada. Active throughout the night with beautiful distant and nearby calls, and one seemed curious of me one day coming in close to watch me tend an evening campfire for a good while from a branch above me; got a few good pictures of that one since it was a good two hours before dusk
Great memories and thanks for sharing. Definitely my favourite owl out of the bunch. Cheers!
LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!
Great to hear, Denis - thanks for watching! :)
Great videos Justin, love the young & older owls. Thanks. 👍
Glad you like them! Cheers, Robert!
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Incredible! Makes me want to put up a box of my own.
that end... 👍
WOW ~ So beautiful, and I really appreciate not only how close you get, but the sounds of the forest as well. This is something that I'm sure I will never get to experience in person. Thank-you so much!
Thanks for the kind words, Martina, and glad you enjoyed the video. Was definitely fun putting it together. And owls aren't as hard to find as some may think. Just need to put in some time and get out in the woods. Eventually they'll show themselves :)
@@JustinHoffman God Bless you, man! I enjoy Nature also.
Martina: I have them in my yard. Just leave your old trees to grow, away from the house, and you'll have Owl habitat.
I love the owlet climbing the tree!
Incredible footage, Justin..Bravo!!
Cheers, Jeff!
Awesome footage!
Thanks for the kind comment, Kurt.
Looking regal....and delicately, at 1:14 coughs up a pellet.....resumes looking appropriately regal.
Thank you Justin Hoffman beautiful owls
Glad you enjoyed the footage. Thanks for watching :)
@@JustinHoffman your very welcome thank you for sharing
New subscriber, from the deep south. Appreciating your efforts, thank you... Owls are fascinating!
Thanks for the kind words, Dave - hope you enjoy my channel.
Saw my first barred owl walking early in Huber Woods in Monmouth County. Beautiful footage, enjoyed the video.
Great stuff!! Thanks for the kind words and watching...
The third owl was like "Damn girl...Learn how to cook""!
Haha!!! Totally.
Wow, beautiful work!
Thanks!
Excellent! Thank you
Love this!
Thanks, Susie :)
Really amazing.. Nice close up n beautiful documented. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the kind words...
Thank you for this amazing footage! I actually just got one of these guys tattooed on my arm!
Cool stuff!! Thanks for watching!
Well done great work I’ve called these guys in at camp we had 8 around us it was awesome it was a rare moment we used flashlights to spot them nice job god bless
Glad to hear you enjoyed the footage, Bob. And that would be cool to see eight! Awesome. Cheers, Bob...
Nice, very impressive footage! Thumb up! Greetings Thomas
Thank you very much, Thomas - glad to hear you enjoyed the footage. Cheers!
what a beautiful bird and such great photography. Are they active during the day?
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the clips. A barred owl will generally hunt during the night, or at dusk or dawn, but of all the North American owls, they are one of the most active during the day - especially during nesting season and when raising young. The most common owl to find here in Ontario.
Love how one dropped a pellet in the beginning. When you gotta barf you gotta barf it’s understandable lmao
These birds ain't shy, lol!
Great video! So clear & up close! Most Excellent!
Glad you enjoyed the footage, Rea - and thanks for watching :)
7:20.. amazing capture Justin!! keep up the great work!
Cheers, Erich!
very nice video of OWLS!
owls definitely rock hard....
f'n right!!
i love it!
I saw one of these guys the other day, I turned as I was walking and it was staring straight at me
Great stuff, Daniel! Yes, that has happened to me a few times when out in the woods. Makes you wonder how many owls we pass by, staring down on us, that we are oblivious to!
6:34 darn tufted titmouse in my tree!
Haha...close, but actually a chickadee ;)
Nice shots of owls, good job.
Cheers! Thanks for watching :)
I hear these owls quite often here in Central Lower Michigan. They are extremely loud when close by. I can't hike anymore because of my COPD but will sleep outside tonight in a sky view tent. We have a lot of coyote around here and have heard them less than a block away. I don't know if they would attack me or not, but with hot dry weather some could be sick. I'm sure my 12,000 lumen flashlight would scare them off.
Hope it was a fun night in the tent. (And I have a similar flashlight in terms of lumen power. Definitely worthy of scaring attackers away...) Thanks for watching...
I have them in the woods behind my home in Washington and they sound like monkeys or at least that is what I call them. I love to hear them calling to one another and you can actually hear them moving and coming closer together. Now I know their real name.
Great stuff, Abigail! They are fascinating birds for sure! Enjoy!
"To Abigail Haddock" : I learned from a Park Ranger in Tennessee that Barred Owls and Barn Owls faces are flat for high hearing abilities while hunting at night? the Way their faces are flat is so they Hear a Mouse Scurrying 10 times easier at night or in the day. And with their eye's black, their eye's are more shielded from UV rays. giving them the ability to hunt in the day while most Owls have to sleep in the day. Barn Owls have the Same ability. Different from other Owls living further out west of the state we're native to.
I heard one this morning and went outside with my binoculars..There he was in the tree...I finally got to see one..The crows were making a fuss...lol
Great stuff! Yes, noisy crows, as well as blue jays and chickadees will often alert you to the presence of an owl - when they decide to mob the poor bird. Great help for us birders though.
I once had one of these near my home. Haven’t heard it in a long time and I’m kinda sad. I never got to answer the question it asked so frequently.
C"est un beau rapace, trop rarement aperçu. Magique !
I just had one fly over my head and land on the roof of a house I was passing. Always incredible how silent they are even when you can feel the wind off their wings. I almost always hear a shriek or scream before they hoot but haven't heard it in online recordings.
Cool story! Always wonderful to see, aren't they?
Nice video! We have never got one coughing up a pellet but got a lot of them eating rats. Thanks.
Great video!
Excellent work, I've heard them in Killarney and Algonquin Parks.
"To MrJx4000" : Is that Killarney Ireland? My dad has Irish and Scottish Ancestry. Those countries have some of the Prettiest Landscapes you'd ever see on Earth. I always enjoy their Music, also.
@@sonicboomkonkarbadger8476, no I'm referring to Killarney Prov. Park in Ontario (Canada). Believe it or not though, the town of Killarney, Ontario and the Park derive their name from Killarney, Ireland.
@@MrJx4000 Cool. My Dad has Scottish/ Irish Ancestry, so he might like that.
@@sonicboomkonkarbadger8476, I'd love to visit Ireland someday, afraid to go because I'd probably fall in love with it and wanna stay :-)
A few months ago I was driving home late at night and passed an owl it was sitting on the center line of a 2 lane highway. I turned around and wound up picking it up because it wouldn't move from there I was really worried it would get run over. As soon as I started lifting it, it flew off to the side of road into the underbrush I'm pretty sure it did get hit and was stunned. It didn't look injured but it didn't "fly away" either. At least I helped it off the road cars passed it by just a foot away from getting hit! A few years ago I picked up Barn owl after I saw the car in front of me hit it. I put it in my trunk thinking it was dead. When I got home I opened the trunk it flew out! It wasn't where I had laid it in my trunk it was sitting in corner of trunk and I figured it flopped around and died settling in the corner but it turned it's head hopped onto trunk edge and flew out. I was overcome with emotion. It probably wondered how it got 12 miles from where I picked it up. I see owls a lot coming out of nowhere while driving late at night sometime passing dangerously close. I think they use the highway as a hunting ground watching for prey crossing the roads. Around 3 years ago I had my first (and only) Great Horned owl sighting while walking down a trail, I was so close to it maybe 40 feet away I watched it for about 20 minutes, it didn't seem the least bit concerned about me but kept a watchful eye on my doberman sniffing around for rabbits, maybe the owl was waiting for one to spring out, this GHO was huge and so colorful I managed to get some "OK' cell phone pics.
Great stories, and thanks for helping out the owls when you see one in distress. Yes, they do often hunt along roads and highways for rodent's that are commonly found in the ditches. A source for food but a dangerous situation for sure. Many meet an untimely death, so fixated on their prey that they don't even notice the vehicles. Sad fact of life. Thanks for watching... and Happy Birding!
Such amazing detail, God created our animals marvelous!!
Glad you enjoyed the footage, Sandra - thanks for watching!
sweet little balls of fluff
"To RepublicofEthan" : Awww. They can be sweet. And adorable.
Beautiful footage and sounds. thanks for sharing. Do you have any visuals while they're caterwauling? That would be something to see. Glenn & Maureen from the west side of Algonquin Park.
Glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for watching. For all of the time I've spent in the woods, and the many interactions I've had with barred owls, I've yet to hear them caterwauling. Something I'm always hopeful for though!
Wonderful!
Glad you enjoyed the video, Kelly. Thanks for watching!
Justin Hoffman I saw one, I guess Barred?? On last Saturday but couldn’t get a pic so I went to the same spot yesterday, and THERE HE WAS! Yay! I finally got a few pictures. My channel has a very short video of my owl pics called, “Owl in Norris” . That would be Norris, TN.
Awesome, Kelly - just saw your pics, yes, a barred owl. I find that these birds have a very small home range, and I often find them in the same spots. It is also coming up to mating season (at least up here) so keep your eyes peeled for a mate - and your ears for their calls.
Justin Hoffman oh, thank you so much for the advice, and for telling me what kind it is!
Justin Hoffman and I do LOVE your footage....it is so interesting and very well filmed
Imagine walking through the woods and you look and see 1:04
You'd want to be wearing a hard hat, haha!
Northern spotted owls hate the barred owls
That's what I understand. No spotted owls here, but many barred.
❤😊 love olws
Thanks for watching 😊
owls are the fugliest babies but they still so cute
This is amazing!!! Whereabouts in Ottawa do you go to see these beauties?! I was lucky enough to spot one at Southmarch Highlands, but I've been aching to get some good closeups!!!
I find these guys all throughout the NCC greenbelt trails (HuntClub/Moodie Drive area). You have to bushwhack, and they aren't always easy to find, that's for sure. One key is to pay attention to other birds - if you hear a noisy ruckus of crows or blue jays, there's a good chance they have found an owl and are mobbing it. I find many this way. The noisy birds lead you right to them. Good luck out there...
@@JustinHoffman Thanks a million for the tips!!!! :)
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Saw one yesterday barred owl at 5 ckl sun was behind clouds.
I have what sounds like 3 or 4 in my backyard but I only hear them at night...I really want to see one...😊😍 I'm out on my back porch alot during the day & I see so many birds...I love just sitting & watching them. Right I cant wait to see the young birds come out...I Live in Dallas, Georgia if i was to see an Owl does anyone know what kind it might be???
Sounds like you are living in paradise, Mariann! Lucky you. Not sure of owl species down your way, as I am sure they are different for what we have here in Canada. Happy birding... and thanks for watching 😊
4:28 "So you shit out your mouth, that don't impress me much mmm oooo ooohhhhh" Shania Twain
Hahah!!
Justin, the other day a huge owl flew over my yard, into woods behind me. I was able to watch him looking for prey thru my binoculars. I believe either barred or short eared. Is there a good chance Ill see him again?
Joni, most owls have a fairly small home range, and will stick to that general area if the habitat provides shelter, safety and food. In the case of many of my barred owl interactions, I will often find them in the same place, although that does change once mating season happens. So yes, there is a good chance you will see the owl again. Saying that, barred owls will stick to forested areas whereas short eared prefer open fields - at lease in terms of hunting. Good luck and let me know what happens. Anytime you spot an owl is a good day. Cheers!
7:52 I thought he was gonna fly, but then.. felt so wrong.
I have at least two in my yard. I kind of wish they would go àway because they scare the other birds àway. Any way to get them to move on?
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What did the second owl Throw up ?
That is an owl pellet, Billy. This video I put together explains what they are and why owls 'cough' them up: kzhead.info/sun/gpeop5yja2adqnA/bejne.html
5:53 what is that bird in the background?
That is a black-capped chickadee.
1:13 - what did it spit out?
That's a pellet - the non-digestible part of the food it consumes (fur, bones, etc.) They will 'cough' up a pellet once or twice per day.
"If you're easily Squeamish. Please look away."😬 Eeesh! Excellent work he did filming it, though.
Can i use free this footage for my video?
Sorry, Helmi - I only license out my footage for a fee.
Is it true that the female barred owl has a slightly different song than the male? How can you tell the difference?
I think I know the answer: the female has more of a vibrato at the ending of her call
Great question and interesting to find out the answer! Knowing that only the female sits on the eggs (and the male brings her food) I knew this was the female calling in the video I filmed. Thanks for the comment!
heloo, can i use your video on my TV Program channel? i am a one of the creative team at KUY GTV and of course your channel youtube's name will published too i'm waiting for your feedback, thank you..
Sorry, but I only license out my footage for use. If interested, feel free to reach out to me at: Justin.Hoffman@rogers.com Thanks!
Everytime i put the sound on my speak i laugh here they come...but because i have turkeys, ducks, and chickens ...they can't get inside their coop thank god
yo did those owls just poop out of their mouths?
Are'nt owls supposed to be sleeping at daytime,hunting and hooting during the night.
Many owls are, but not all. The barred owl is one that is active throughout the day, although most activity does still happen during low-light periods. During mating season, and when they are paired up or nesting, they will be more vocal. As well as hunting throughout the day in order to feed the chicks.
7:54 poooooooopppppp!!!!!!!!!
4:27. Well. I guess he did not want that in his tummy any more... edit 4:58 OMG there's more...
Haha! Yep. This is a natural process for all birds of prey, as they are unable to digest the fur and bones of their prey. Most owls will cough up a pellet approx. once every 24 hours. In this case, two.
Why is it when I mate call or have a high need for romance with ladies only the ambulance, police,fire dept., and Federal rail system sounds their horns and sirens?
1:13 poop!
4:13 wtf is that??
That would be a barred owl chick, and what it is doing is coughing up a pellet. Google owl pellet to find out what it is. (Hint... it's like a cat's fur ball)
What are they throwing up?
That is called an owl pellet. Similar to a fur ball that a cat would cough up, an owl 'regurgitates' a pellet about once every 24 hours. It is made up of the undigestible parts of the prey it eats - fur and bones. Many people dissect these pellets in order to find out what they are eating, as you can pretty much put the skeleton of a vole or mouse back together when you pull a pellet apart. Thanks for watching!
I wonder what theyre spitting out.
Those are called pellets, Shawn. When an owl eats, it is unable to digest certain parts of it's prey - namely fur, bones, teeth, claws, etc. So, similar to how a cat coughs up an fur ball, an owl expels a pellet approx. every 24 hours. Many people dissect pellets to see what an owl has eaten. Thanks for watching...
@@JustinHoffman thank you
That's a great horned owl not a barred owl
Afraid not, Chris - 100% all footage of a barred owl. Big difference between a great horned owl and barred. Do a google search and you'll see. Not to mention, I have been studying barred owls for the last 10 years out in the field. I know my ID's.
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Awesome footage!
Glad you enjoyed it :)