Barn Owl, In...

our barn. This little guy totally surprised me today. I grabbed my camera and shut the barn doors, and felt pretty guilty for stressing him (her?)…it, for its flying around unnecessarily. Not possessing a decent flash for my camera, I missed the greatest pictures of the owl flying about five feet above my head. I attempted, but it was just too dark. I fetched my flashlight and got a few of the little guy perched and watching me. I feel REALLY bad because he looks blinded by my flashlight, and I think of myself with the same look on my face back in the 60s or 70s staring into some cop's light. Tonight, some 8 hours later, it's still perched on an upper barn beam. I think we have a renter!