A few minutes ago I was out on my balcony chatting with a friend on the phone, and all of a sudden I noticed the owl was sitting in the tree right in front of me. I took a gazillion photos, but I couldn’t get one of him looking at me, because every time he looked at me, the flash was recharging. Finally he got annoyed and flew away.
But here he is, in all his owly splendor – click the photo for a bigger image:
Wow…how cool is that! I don’t think I’ve ever seen one up close and personal like that – except at the zoo, but that doesn’t count because they’re in cages and not in the ‘wild’…
He’s my first too. I kind of regret taking so many pictures of him that he left…I’d love for him to still be here today.