If you’re curious about how to recognize this species out in the wild, here’s the method I use:

Do their ears hang low? (No, except when upside down) Do they wobble to and fro? (Yes) Can they tie ‘em in a knot? (No) Can they tie them in a bow? (Knot that I’m aware of, no) Can they throw them o’er their shoulder like a continental soldier? (???) Do their ears hang low? (Again, mostly no)

Usually works best for distinguishing between this type of owl and beagles

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle owl

An owl is never late, and is never early; an owl arrives exactly when he means to

A Barred Owl with alopecia walks into a barn on a snowy night and asks the barn tender, “Who am I? Who? Who??”