r/Owls Dec 26 '25

Mod post: New Automod command !foundbird

33 Upvotes

If you see a post where someone isn't sure what to do for an owl they've found, make a comment containing
!foundbird or !foundowl to get an automatic response with care instructions. Example in the comments!

Extra thanks to u/JSN79, u/Big80sHair and u/Dihydrogen-monoxyde for helping write the Automod response.

Other wildlife experts, feel free to provide feedback about the response in the comments and I can edit it if it's needed!


r/Owls May 13 '25

Mod post: Self promotion is ALLOWED if it's OC

27 Upvotes

And it has always been allowed, so... please stop reporting artists sharing their cool owl-focused creations!

The main (hopefully obvious) exceptions to this are:
- Promoting products using stolen art or AI generation (not OC)
- Spamming the subreddit; posting the same creation more than once to farm engagement (posting WIPs during the process doesn't really fall under this, just posting the same thing multiple times)
- Non owls

Other than that, if you think someone's self promotion is low-quality or you just don't like it, you can always input your opinion with the downvote button.

To artists: Feel free to share the links to your websites/shops; you deserve attention for your work. Comments with links need me to manually approve them, so they might not be visible for up to a day, but you aren't breaking any rules - so go for it!


r/Owls 8h ago

OC A cute and curious Barn Owl ❤️

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1.0k Upvotes

r/Owls 4h ago

Barn Owl Beauty

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188 Upvotes

r/Owls 3h ago

Hope you appreciate this Barred Owl video.

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26 Upvotes

This in Lee CO, NC


r/Owls 21h ago

OC Owl always perches here during evening showers

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406 Upvotes

r/Owls 20h ago

Happy 🦉family

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197 Upvotes

r/Owls 2d ago

OC Sleepy Saw-whet Owl

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2.3k Upvotes

This image is like a decade old but one of my favorite owl shots I've taken. Hope everyone enjoys!! 😁


r/Owls 1d ago

Temecula owl homie

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480 Upvotes

r/Owls 1d ago

ID request! What Owl is This?

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Yo chat, saw an owl at 9am in Snoqualmie-Baker National Forest at Mount Dickermen in Washington state.

What owl is this? Closest I got was Spotted Owl but I am no expert but he seemed medium or larger 🤔

(The last two are internet pictures.)


r/Owls 2d ago

I found a friend in my yard

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1.3k Upvotes

r/Owls 3d ago

[editable flair] Great Horned Owl stopped by my house for a lil sippy!

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1.2k Upvotes

r/Owls 3d ago

Great Horned Owl Visitor during the Lunar Eclipse - 8/27/26

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560 Upvotes

r/Owls 4d ago

Barred Owl at Nature Reserve

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889 Upvotes

r/Owls 3d ago

Watching a documentary about Japan and a lonely man buys an owl. Seems really irresponsible. He has no idea what he’s doing.

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The owl seems happy enough. But to be trapped inside a tiny Japanese apartment doesn’t seem like much of a life.


r/Owls 4d ago

Burrowing Owl at Prairie Dog Town

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240 Upvotes

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) standing outside burrow at Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) town at Golden Prairie Bison properties near Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska. Quite a few of them were seen at the town.

See (and hear) more of these owls and other denizens of the town here: https://www.patreon.com/JohnBrennan687/posts/prairie-dogs-and-167952016?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link


r/Owls 5d ago

Owl visiting my lawn

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This big beautiful owl (great horned owl?) has been visiting my yard pretty much every afternoon around 3-5pm. It usually flies away when I take the trash out but today it didn't. I don't mind it coming, I just want to make sure it's okay or should I contact a local sanctuary? I'm in Chandler az, my garden does get watered at 330pm. There's a 60+ft tall eucalyptus tree behind my back wall, I can hear owls hooting from it most nights.


r/Owls 4d ago

Owl I keep hearing at night

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I keep hearing an owl at night. I hear it and it makes sounds while flying around almost always. it's not the same sound over and over again, although I have heard an owl like that near here, but it's different types of sounds. I am 100 percent sure that it's the one same owl though. for me it is late summer and I live in Greece. I have google it but none of the owls provided sound the same. idk if this is enough information for even a wild guess. I will add that I hear it quite late at night though (11 pm to early morning)


r/Owls 5d ago

Black and White Owl

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1.9k Upvotes

r/Owls 5d ago

OC Bf saw this beauty last night

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831 Upvotes

r/Owls 5d ago

This pair of scops owls still needs names.

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233 Upvotes

r/Owls 5d ago

A great horned owl perched on a live snake at a water tower in Arizona by u/Additional_Chard3680

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109 Upvotes

r/Owls 5d ago

OC It felt like tree was watching..Great Horned lurking in morning cover.

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146 Upvotes

NE Wisconsin


r/Owls 6d ago

From my adventure yesterday 🥰

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672 Upvotes

r/Owls 5d ago

Eye skull Owl with gnarly frogs

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29 Upvotes

Drawing with ballpoint pen