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Marc St Louis:
A couple weeks ago we had a Northern Shrike come and hunt under our bird feeder.  Sunday morning this fellow showed up outside our kitchen window to do some.  Unfortunately we couldn't stay long enough to see if he was successful.

DC:
Cool, do you know what kind of owl it is Marc?

JW_Halverson:
Best I can guess is that this is a barred owl or a great grey owl. Both have the dark eyes and rounded heads.  With nothing for size reference, I cannot guess which. A better view of the face of the owl might help, too. 

Great grey owls have YUUUGE heads, freakish big, even.

DC:
I was guessing Barred but it looked way to small. But you're right there is nothing to measure it against.

Marc St Louis:
He was about 18" from tip of tail to top of head so I believe that would make him a Barred.  I saw him come down twice but he went back up to his branch empty

You could measure him by the bird feeder which is almost over his head.  That put him about 12' away from me

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