Owls
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Although I love to watch all birds, I've recently been fascinated with owls.  I've been lucky enough to get decent photos of the following:

A female Snowy Owl that first appeared along the Chicago lakefront in the last week of October 2000.

A Northern Hawk Owl in the Sax-Zim bog area of St. Louis County, Minnesota.

A pair of nearly pet-like Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls at El Canelo Ranch in Kenedy County, Texas.

A cute little Northern Saw-whet Owl that wintered not far from a trail in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

A Great-Gray Owl in the Sax-Zim bog area of St. Louis County, Minnesota.

A Long-eared Owl found roosting in Kane county, Illinois.