Although the Barred Owl is mostly active at night, it will also sometimes hunt in the daytime. Tonight, just after sunset, on my walkabout, this Barred Owl was hunting as I was walking down the trail in a heavily wooded, swampy forest preserve. It favors dense, thick woods with scattered clearings, especially with low-lying, swampy areas. After missing its prey, it perched in a tree along the trail. This image isn’t the best given the high ISO. Still, it gives a sense of what one might uncover on a walkabout in the woods.
