Given what appear to be fully feathered legs and a lack of yellow cere, leads me toward Southern Boobook, but as always, I will happily stand corrected. Size might also be an indicator with the Barking Owl would generally be larger, but size might overlap (Boobook 25-35cm and Barking Owl 35-45cm according to the Morcombe app). Would have been nice to see the eye colour, but obviously not happening during the day.
Either way it is a nice sighting, lucky you.
Hoping someone can give you a more confident answer.
Given what appear to be fully feathered legs and a lack of yellow cere, leads me toward Southern Boobook, but as always, I will happily stand corrected. Size might also be an indicator with the Barking Owl would generally be larger, but size might overlap (Boobook 25-35cm and Barking Owl 35-45cm according to the Morcombe app). Would have been nice to see the eye colour, but obviously not happening during the day.
Either way it is a nice sighting, lucky you.
Hoping someone can give you a more confident answer.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania