Because they seem to like posing for photographs…
This guy must have caught a shine or something off my long lens. He focused on me, moved his head around (their eyes don’t turn), keeping his attention on me for a long time.
Barred Owl.
Portrait, Barred Owl
Handsome!
We’ve had a barred owl hanging out in our local wetlands for a while now. Every week it seems he picks a new tree along a new section of the boardwalk, probably just to confuse photographers😅
I’m sure they are taught that early on 😂. We have a few in the woods behind our house. Owls also know how to haunt people in the middle of the night.