While residing in Lufkin, this Barred Owl attacked me twice within two weeks while fabricating a deer stand in my driveway. He came back the next year, never attacked anyone but would sit on a branch watching children riding their bicycles on the street. What was really strange about this owl is it would attack and fly around in the middle of the day! My fellow workers told me he thought I was the biggest opossum the owl had ever seen when he saw my grey hair (and that's where he sunk his talons in)