Comments on: 9 Owls in North Carolina: Common Natives and Rare Species

By: Don Johns

Don Johns — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 23:54:21 +0000

In reply to Don Johns. Commenting to myself...after many weeks of trying to get some video of this beauty, this afternoon I finally got a great video of this majestic bird. Getting to see him more clearly, it is the Great Horned Owl. Will post soon on my Youtube channel. Been a great week of getting footage this week. Spotted a big Red Tail Hawk two days earlier. It is great living in such a rich bird environment.

By: Jan Martin Smith

Jan Martin Smith — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 20:32:18 +0000

I live just outside Winston Salem, NC in the foothills. We rescue parrots and I try to place them in a bright room with large windows adjacent to our day to day living, currently in a sun room off our kitchen. Twice we have had an owl or owls crash into the large windows trying to get the parrots. Last night I was able to see the owl sitting on a rail to our deck after the third hit. He was huge, I would guess at least two feet higher, with a very large white head/face. It was greatly reflected in the automatic light above the window. If I had to name it, he looked like a white snowy owl. We are putting covers there to protect the owls now.

By: Don Johns

Don Johns — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:26:58 +0000

Been hearing owls almost every night and morning here in Sneads Ferry, NC. Yesterday I decided to talk a walk into the beautiful forest and wetlands behind my house and I saw an owl as he must of been startled by me and flew away. None of these owls look like the one I saw. Is there perhaps another species of owls in this area?