So we were driving home last Friday night, when we noticed this on the wires near our house. I immediately noticed the heart-shaped face. We turned around to double-check and could confirm it as a barn owl. A life bird for me, and the first one Mike has seen since childhood days of visiting his grandmother, who had a pair nesting in her outbuilding.
Just goes to show you that you have to keep your eyes open and observant all the time. Pics obviously not great due to dusk conditions and trying to use an iPhone camera instead of my good one.
The ID websites described its underparts when flying as being "ghostly white." Great description.
