This morning I heard what I thought was a scrub jay being very loud in our yard. I investigated to find that it was in fact a stellar jay (new yard bird for us) harassing a barred owl (seen last year around this time and through the new year). Our yard is just south of SE Powell and Caesar Chavez in Portland. Although it is large (over 1/3 acre), it is always surprising to see species that I only expect to see in much less urban locales. erin