Rick KenobiWe had a lovely visitor on our back fence this morning - a Barred Owl!
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Here's a picture of my wife taking a picture of the owl in the backyard while trying to let our tiny dog Muffin have her morning bio break!
And THEN... one of our local squirrels (Molty Muldoon) decided to check the owl out... BE CAREFUL!
Oh, it got weirder. I feel like my backyard squirrels have never seen an owl before!
My wife says this is actually normal squirrel behaviour and that they are mobbing the owl and trying to intimidate it. As it is an ambush predator, the squirrels know they are unlikely to be attacked in this scenario. How weird is THAT?
Taran Rampersad@VA3DSO it's exactly as your wife says.
You may see similar behaviors in small birds.
It's a great capture, and says a bit about your yard. Owls are picky.