It's almost Owl-o-Ween!

🦉 🎃 The rich baritone hooting of the Barred Owl is a characteristic sound in southern swamps, where members of a pair often call back and forth to each other. It’s hard to miss their barking, “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?” call. Barred Owls are most active at night when they hunt many kinds of small animals, including squirrels, chipmunks, mice, voles, rabbits, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates. Only a little smaller than the Great Horned Owl, the Barred Owl is markedly less aggressive, and competition with its tough cousin may keep the Barred Owl out of more open woods. Barred Owls will readily take to nest boxes if you’d like to try to attract them to your yard. #FunFactFriday 📷️: Barred Owl photo by Alli Ruus (@alliruusphotography), a member of our Birds Georgia Photography Network