Hathaway on Rodent Patrol

       

This gorgeous Barred Owl is, we believe, a female, as she's huge and the females are larger than the males. She returned as sentinel on our fence after a storm. So, I checked in with one of Shiloh's colleagues, who confirmed that Barred Owls hunt rodents and aren't much interested in birds.  This was further confirmed when a pair of White-breasted Nuthatches braved the scene to eat at our feeder.