A friend of mine in Medford sent me some photos today of a barred owl that arrived in their yard today around 3pm. At my house in Ashland, my Haiku box (continuous audio monitor using the Cornell database) has been identifying a barred owl routinely for a while, but I kind of discounted it as nearby construction noise (and I haven't gone out playing or listening for it). I would have thought that barred owls were rare around here, but now I'm wondering if that's not true? I see that they turn up every now and then on ebird checklists in the valley. Does anyone have a sense of whether their numbers are increasing in our area? Thanks, Amanda Alford
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