Feathered Friday - Finally A Cooperative Owl

After all these years I have finally found a cooperative wild owl in the forest for this #featheredfriday by @melinda010100

I heard the robins, jays and squirrels going crazy with their bird of prey warning noises.

Then I looked up in the trees for a while and found this barred owl looking at me.

It didn't seem to scared of me but it was annoyed at the robin that was divebombing him.

It stayed there pretty calm allowing me to walk around all sides and get lots of shots.

It even had good lighting so I could get clear shots. My zoom lens does terrible in lots of shade.

I think it found this perch nice and wanted to get some sleep before the long night of hunting ahead. I found him at the Dubuque Iowa Arboretum on a trail far away from the main paths.

I can thank this squirrel and its squawww noise for clueing me in on a bird of prey in the area.

Further down the path I heard a different noise.

A male turkey in full display. He was very colorful and seemed to like the paths that the humans carved out in the forest.