Barred Owl

This guy was an unusually cooperative owl. He only looked at me once, then snoozed the rest of the time. I actually know that this is a male, because I heard another barred give a contact hoot, which was higher pitched. From what I've read, only females make contact calls. It was a huge bonus to be there when that happened, let alone be in the presence of him without disturbing his sleep too much.