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Continuing- this is the same owl, she was just so beautiful I just wanted to show case the close ups separately. She let me walk right up to almost touching her, before silently winging across the yard over to the pine trees, closely followed by the 'Blue Brigade' who perched in another pine & shouted their disapproval.for the next 1/2 hour,until she obviously decided to move back further into the woods,
These Owls have the most beautiful soft looking eyes...sooo unpredator looking!

The Chickadees were really sounding an urgent alarm, I grabbed the camera & looked out bedroom window, couldn't see anything, where they were calling from, then just as I was turning away from the window a slight movement caught my eye....& there sitting on the metal post in the grape garden, under the bedroom window,just 5ft from me was this fella......Just barely enough daylight, but fortunately the camera picked him out.
Only the one shot as I didn't want to scare him away,(although it didn't look too concerned about me,the next shot would've been a good one as he was looking right at me). Was hoping to get a better shot a little later, however the Jays arrived & THEY caused enough ruckus this guy gave up & fluttered away, back into the forest. Obviously the jays followed as I could hear them shrieking their displeasure,however I had no urge to don my winter clothes & go look for him...(Yeah, I know...total lack of dedication to the cause!!).
I had been seeing a Meadow Vole living near that post...hopefully the little guy is still there!! (Very few Meadow Voles in this area).

Continuing from www.inaturalist.org/observations/71674443 (apr 17 2021)
This is the face on a Paper Birch tree. I've given her the name "Watch Tower"
Her face is changing a little, & she appears to have 'lost' her 2 front teeth!
She's still beautiful to me....and she is my guardian at the beginning of the trail to the lake.