BARRED OWL, Dunes Inhabitant

While hiking in Warren Dunes State Park on the southern shore of Lake Michigan on 25 March 2007, I was able to call up a barred owl.

This owl, although generally active at dawn and dusk, can be active during the day. A couple of short calls from my tape player brought a response.

On a later date, I was able to find the nest cavity about 50' high in an American beech tree. I observed one of the two owls I saw that day leave and re-enter the tree cavity, an idication they are nesting.