BACKYARD OWL

This Great Horned Owl has lived in my neighborhood for about a year. I can hear it hooting with its friend on occasion. One, very lucky afternoon, I heard three blue-jays going crazy. I grabbed the camera, thinking I was about to shoot some jays, but to my astonishment, they were all squawking at this owl, just 15 feet above my head, right in my backyard. I noticed the other birds flew away when I approached, and the owl seemed to find my presence more preferable to the annoying birds, so they let me get as close as I could and take photos for well over an hour. I would be lying if I said I didn’t do a happy dance in the living room once I downloaded this footage.