Tonight the Barred Owl was out in an open tree branch across the path from the Hemlock Tree. It has roosted in this spot before.

Before fly out the owl kept track of both a Cooper’s Hawk and a Red-tailed Hawk. The Red-tailed Hawk landed near the owl and it fluffed up to appear bigger. The Red-tailed Hawk flew off, but returned to a tree about 100 feet away.

At fly out the owl went to a tree, it often uses as its first stop and then flew to where the Red-tailed Hawk was perched and pushed the hawk away. The owl then flew down low and we lost it in the low light.

After last night’s long encounter, I was due for a brief post-fly out experience!