great photos! perhaps the most impressive of the many owls, they certainly look the most spiffy ... we have barred owls, barn owls and hoot owls here in southeast vermont ... saw a barred owl fly across my driveway while i was walking my dog ... she passed us at about eye level at a range of maybe ten feet, and was completely silent. not just quiet - complete silence ... sometimes being a mouse has a serious downside.

nice photos! ... hard to go wrong taking pictures of horses ...

ravens are smarter that gull by far ... give it up, fella, just hand over the munchie and be done with it, and who knows, you might be feeding Wisdom or Memory - you never know ...