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An Audubon-style fine-art print of a Barred Owl on a mossy oak, on archival paper. Unframed or framed, in A4, A3 and A2.
Each print is made to order. You can cancel within 12 hours of ordering, after which it goes into production and cannot be cancelled. Secure checkout via Stripe.
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm.
The owl sits low on a moss-covered oak branch, head turned, watching. The Audubon-style palette is perfectly suited to this bird: warm umber and bark brown, the green of the moss the one cool note, a ground of cream and hush behind. Strix varia is a creature of wet woodland and slow rivers, and here the oak carries that habitat in its texture - heavy, damp, old.
Look at the eyes. That is the field mark that defines this species among the big eastern owls. They are deep brown, almost black, soft and wet-looking. Every other large owl in the eastern woods watches the world through hard yellow. The Barred Owl watches through these dark ones. It does not glare. It regards.
Cornell Lab gives the body length at roughly 43 to 50 centimetres, wingspan around a metre, weights from 470 grams to over a kilogram. The plumage divides in two registers: horizontal barring on the throat and upper breast, then bold vertical streaking below. No ear tufts. Round-headed, heavy, broad across the shoulder. The posture on this branch - settled, deliberate, turned - is the natural attitude of a bird that announces itself by voice rather than by flight.
The voice is worth knowing. Eight or nine hoots, rhythmic, falling away at the end into a question no one answers. This is the owl most people hear before they ever see one, and the one most likely to answer an imitation. Cornell Lab catalogues it as one of the most vocal owls on the continent.
A study in the Audubon tradition, made for a wall and meant to be returned to.
Full field guide: /species/barred-owl/
Each print is made to order through our global print partner and shipped from the production lab nearest you - allow a few days for printing plus local tracked delivery.
Each print is made to order. You can change or cancel it within 12 hours of ordering. After that it goes into production and can no longer be cancelled, though we will always put right anything that arrives damaged.
The available sizes (up to A2) and any framed finishes are shown above. Choose yours before checkout.
Yes - each print is sized to fit standard frames. Framed finishes are offered on many prints.
Because each print is made to order, contact us within 14 days of delivery and we will put it right.
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