uh..........Barred Owl has migrated "westward"............

My old field guide of the Birds of North America (Western Edition) doesn't even have the Barred Owl listed, so when I first saw this fellow's beautiful dark eyes, I was all excited, thinking I had a Spotted Owl sitting in a tree beside our house.

Although he is a threat to the ecosystem as well, I somehow can't see myself blowing his little feathered head off.