The Barred Owl that we photographed in Sax-Zim Bog last month has a very different look than the Great Gray Owl. Not only is it smaller with different coloring in its feathers, the eyes are very different. Instead of a yellow iris with a dark pupil that the Great Gray Owl has, the Barred Owl has distinctive large dark eyes. The Barred Owl’s dark eyes give it a softer, less intense look than that of the larger Great Gray.