I finally saw my first barred owl today. It was about 10 ft from the ground and twenty feet from us on the drive way to the parking lot of the sanctuary. We were told it had been there for a week and so were used to people now. I of course took quite a few perching shots, which I believe many of you have seen or taken tons of them in your life time. Then the owl started paying attention to something on the ground near the tree. This shot was taken after he flew down, finished his investigation, satisfied, flexed its muscles a bit and was about to get back up to the tree.


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Also saw a Northern Saw-whet owl today. It was hiding in the shadow. That owl is tiny ! If not pointed out by somebody in the know, I would never see it. Took some shots but mainly for the record.