[Maine-birds] Barred Owl

My husband called me at work to tell me a Barred Owl was sitting on the shepherds hook of our feeders. The Owl flew down and ate a vole and flew up into the tree. He was still there when I arrived home. That morning we had caught a mouse in the live trap and I had put it on the railing near the front door for my husband to dispose of. I asked where it was and he said the trap was on the deck and the door had been torn off and the mouse was gone. I'm thinking Mr/Mrs Owl had an earlier meal! As of 7pm tonight she/he had flown back down to the shepherds hook and was sitting there all puffed up probably waiting for the next vole.

Linda Powell
Skowhegan