10/09/2022
On my cross-country trip I stopped in a quaint "swamp walk" spot off the beaten path in Louisiana. I had been here about a year ago and found a Barred Owl perched in a hollowed out tree off the boardwalk path. I found the tree, but no owl. On my way back to the parking lot, an elderly gentleman that I had stopped to speak to on the path flagged me down, quietly but with purpose. As I approached him in his vehicle he pointed and said "Look!" Not necessarily the same owl as last year, but definitely a beautiful one, was perched a mere feet from a few vehicles and people walking by, without a care in the world.
R5 and 70-200L at 200mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 400