100. Barred Owl

Barred Owls (Strix varia) are new arrivals to Vancouver Island, with the first record on the island in 1969.  Since then it has become a common owl, in a wide variety of habitats.  Barred Owl increases seem to be correlated with the decline in Western Screech-Owls, which have gone from being the most abundant raptor on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, to one of the rarest. 
As I write it is just starting to get dark, and I can hear alarm calls from American Robins, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Spotted Towhees and Dark-eyed Juncos - the Barred Owl we photographed for this blog two nights ago is likely back in the yard.