Strix varia – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Young Barred Owl Images

By Mia McPherson|July 5th, 2024|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Barred Owl, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, immature, juvenile, leaves, owl, owls, perched, sky, Strix varia, summer, tree, trees, willow, willows, young|

I was especially thrilled to photograph young Barred Owls yesterday at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. There were two of them hanging out in some willows.

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Milestone: Nine Years Of Consecutive Daily Posts

By Mia McPherson|May 2nd, 2024|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Milestone, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Barred Owl, bottomland hardwood forests, close up, forest, leaves, low light, Oklahoma, owl, owls, portrait, raptors, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, spring, Strix varia, tree, trees|

It has been nine years, and I've created 3,288 consecutive daily posts. Who knows how many words or images I have shared in that time? I honestly have no idea!

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Barred Owls Side By Side Plus A Short Video Of Them

By Mia McPherson|April 16th, 2024|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Video|Tags: adult, Barred Owl, birds of prey, bottomland hardwood forests, close up, female, forest, leaves, male, owl, owls, portrait, raptors, side by side, spring, Strix varia|

Three days ago, my friend Steve Creek and I had an amazing experience with a mated pair of Barred Owls next to a road at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

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Barred Owl Portraits In Early Morning Light

By Mia McPherson|April 14th, 2024|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Barred Owl, birds of prey, bottomland hardwood forests, bright morning light, close, close up, early morning, forest, owl, owls, portrait, raptors, refuge, spring, Strix varia|

Two days ago I was thrilled to take early morning Barred Owl portraits at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in east central Oklahoma with my friend Steve Creek.

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Save Owls By Not Using Rodent Poisons

By Mia McPherson|April 3rd, 2024|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Horned Owls, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Utah|Tags: adult, anticoagulant rodenticides, baby, Barred Owl, birds of prey, Bubo virginianus, cliff, cliff face, desert, female, fledgling, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, leaves, nest, nesting, owl, owls, raptors, rat poison, rodent poison, rodenticides, secondary poisoning, spring, Strix varia, tree, willow, young|

Since spring's arrival, people will be spending time outdoors, and more people will be seeing rats in their yards and gardens. Owls eat rats and other rodents.

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I Heard Barred Owl Calls Last Night

By Mia McPherson|September 7th, 2023|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: baby, Barred Owl, birds of prey, call, calls, fledgling, grass, grasses, immature, juvenile, owl, owls, raptors, road, roadside, spring, Strix varia, young|

Last night, around 9 p.m., I listened to Barred Owl calls. Before Utah birders get excited, I heard those calls courtesy of my niece, Kristal, from Virginia.

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Barred Owl From A Distance

By Mia McPherson|July 12th, 2023|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Barred Owl, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, distance, owl, owls, perched, raptors, slough, small in frame, Strix varia, summer, wetlands|

When I visited Sequoyah NWR for the last time before heading back to Utah I became excited when I spotted a Barred Owl perched in lush reeds.

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Young Barred Owl At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|June 13th, 2023|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: baby, Barred Owl, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, fledgling, immature, owl, owls, road, spring, Strix varia, wetlands, young|

This is the same young Barred Owl that I shared in my post yesterday which was photographed at Sequoya National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

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Roadside Fledgling Barred Owl With A Crawdad

By Mia McPherson|June 12th, 2023|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: baby, Barred Owl, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, crawdad, crayfish, fledgling, immature, owl, owls, roadside, spring, Strix varia, wetlands, young|

There is an amazing story behind this photo of a fledgling Barred Owl with a crawdad, photographed at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

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My Birding By Ear Affliction

By Mia McPherson|January 7th, 2023|Categories: American Crows, Barred Owls, Birds, Blue Jays, Florida, Hillsborough County, Lettuce Lake Regional Park, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Crow, autumn, Barred Owl, birding by ear, Blue Jay, branches, corvids, Corvus brachyrhynchos, crow, crows, Cyanocitta cristata, epiphytic flowering plant, fall, hardwood hammock, ice, jay, jays, marsh, owl, owls, peanut, perched, Spanish Moss, Strix varia, Tillandsia usneoides, tree, wetlands, winter|

My birding by ear affliction isn't that I can't hear birds; it is that I can't not hear them. Even when I am on the phone with my friends.

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Barred Owl at Lettuce Lake Park and a Precautionary Tale

By Mia McPherson|May 20th, 2015|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Florida, Hillsborough County, Lettuce Lake Regional Park|Tags: adult, autumn, Barred Owl, bird photography, birds of prey, epiphytic flowering plant, ethics, fall, Hillsborough River, owl, owls, perched, recorded calls, roosting, Spanish Moss, Strix varia, Tillandsia usneoides, unethical|

We could have spent more time with this Barred Owl and it may have eventually moved to a better location for us to get photos but because of one person ticking off the owl we didn't get that chance.

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