Owl :close encounter!

[Ja9]

Just want to share this as one of those amazing moments- yesterday evening,I stepped out of the backdoor to close up the chickens at dusk, and an owl swooped down immediately above my head ,about 1 m away and flew on. Obviously as surprised as I was.It had a pale underbelly but seemed quite big. I have seen a barn owl last year at the bottom of our garden ,adjacent to a nearby farm,but this seemed bigger.
Lovely sight.

[Verinda]

How wonderful, a moment to remember.

[Nicos]

Fantastic!!!

[SkyChild]

Cool!
It was possibly another barn owl (female owls are generally bigger than males)
Did it make a noise at all? Was the underside speckled or plain?
I'm sorry, worked in a falconry centre for a bit so dead keen on birds of prey!

[arpoet]

We are very close to woods and often hear owls during the night and early morning, but don't see them very often... But we do see loads of bats at dusk.

[Knight of Albion]

How wonderful, a moment to remember.

I couldn't agree more.

[Ja9]

Skychild,I like birds of prey too,find them amazingly well designed.It was plain cream.Owls do look a funny squashed shape when they fly as you are used to seeing them sitting at events on perches with their flat faces!

[skeggijon]

Unfortunately I had and even closer encounter with an Owl this week - still fishing feathers out of the radiator grille