Owl?? ?

[KeleeEiselein]

Looks like we have an owl ? working on our mouse ? ? “problem” ...misses it this time, but on the look out in the second vid!!! ?

Any way to know what kind of Owl from these videos? We live in Southwestern Coastal Oregon...

[Seanbirds]

Hard to tell, but looks like probably a Barred Owl.

[Charlie Spencer]

21 minutes ago, Seanbirds said:

Hard to tell, but looks like probably a Barred Owl.

I agree, and I hate myself for asking, but how are we eliminating Spotted?  Open environment?  Highly unlikely?

[neilpa]

26 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said:

Highly unlikely?

This, assuming southwest Oregon is the same as western Washington with Spotted Owls being exceedingly rare.

[Charlie Spencer]

18 minutes ago, neilpa said:

This, assuming southwest Oregon is the same as western Washington with Spotted Owls being exceedingly rare.

Agreed, and I mention it only to introduce the statistical possibility.  I'm mostly playing Devil's Advocate on this one.

[Jerry Friedman]

2 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said:

I agree, and I hate myself for asking, but how are we eliminating Spotted?  Open environment?  Highly unlikely?

Yes, if Spotted Owls were flexible about habitat, they wouldn't be endangered.

[Colton V]

9 hours ago, Jerry Friedman said:

Yes, if Spotted Owls were flexible about habitat, they wouldn't be endangered.

What if they are more flexible outside of breeding season but are endangered due to loss of breeding habitat? Lots of birds wander outside of their regular breeding habitat in the winter but I don't know if this applies to Spotted Owls as well. 

[Jerry Friedman]

I think you've got a point there, at least in general.  I can't check eBird because it doesn't show you checklists for this species (no doubt for good reason), but here in northern New Mexico, I never hear of Spotted Owls in residential areas.