This owl has eyes that stare into your soul depths and a hooting call that’s part of the forested swamp soundtrack, “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?” Barred Owls are mottled brown and white overall, with dark brown, almost black, eyes that glisten. The underparts are mostly marked with vertical brown bars on a white background, while the upper breast is crossed with horizontal brown bars—hence their name. The wings and tail are barred brown and white. Originally a bird of the Eastern US, the Barred owl spread to the Pacific Northwest and southward to California in the 20th century. They otherwise hardly migrate more than several miles each year.