"DON'T BLINK"

Great Gray Owl

(Foothills, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada)

Sometimes, it's the kindness of strangers that provides great photo opportunities. 

I was parked just off the road, photographing bluebirds in their comings and goings to their nesting box, when a vehicle passed me, slowed down, hesitated and then backed up alongside my vehicle. In Alberta, we still have those wonderful individuals who do stop and check to see if you are experiencing car trouble when they see a vehicle parked at the side of the road. 

However, in this instance, the female driver asked if I was bird watching. To my reply of photographing bluebirds, she answered, "If you are interested, I've been watching for the past half hour,  a Great Gray Owl hunting and perching on the fence line, just up the road." 

I thanked her profusely and turned the car around and headed to the site. And yes, there it was flying and perching, which allowed for some amazing photos.

I will probably never see or meet her again, but "Thank you so much!".

Great Gray Owl"DON'T BLINK"
Great Gray Owl
(Foothills, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, CA)