Screetch Owl in the sun..

[armourer2]

I've never posted over here but on my way home thru rural southern PA I saw a screetch owl sitting on the side of the road!!!!!! It seemed to be warming itself in the sun! Little bugger let me walk up to about 6 feet away, ran back to the car but it flew into a neighboring tree then lit out before I could take any pics. I thought it might be a clump of ice that fell off a truck. NOPE ...little guy was just sitting there. Gave me the old puzzled head tilt when I walked up.

Maybe this isn't wilderness, but this is only the second time I've seen one up close. They are all around my house calling to eachother.

Patrick

 

[Evolute]

Some screech owls can be extremely tolerant of close human approaches. They're probably close to you more often than you realize; they're easy to miss, because they're small and well camouflaged.

 

[fujita yuji]

Nice find, armourer2. Known to be there, yet hard to spot.

Evolute, this is amazing shot. Thanks for sharing.

 

[armourer2]

The first time I got some up close time with a screetch owl was years ago: My mother caught one that had been hit by a car, stunned and injured its beak. We had it in a large dog cage in the dining room where we had to feed it live mice and chicken livers. The little guy survived to fly off after a few weeks. Very gentle bird, except when mice where around.

Still can't belive that this one was just sitting in the road.

Patrick

 

[Evolute]

You're welcome fujita yuji; and thank you.

 

[JOSH111]

:thumbup:Man that is a good pic

 

[bacman99]

Awesome picture Evolute