Barred Owl
Strix varia
Barred Owl · Central Park · 28 November 2020
A Barred Owl in Central Park in November, a woodland owl of the eastern and northern forests that has done conspicuously well out of cities. This one wintered in the park in 2020 and became something close to a local celebrity, drawing a standing crowd for months.
Dark eyes, which among North American owls is unusual; most look back at you with yellow. Only this bird and the Barn Owl have eyes that read as black. The call gives them away long before the bird does: eight hoots in two groups, rendered in every field guide as who cooks for you, who cooks for you all.
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