When you spend your entire night flying around carousing and hunting, mid-morning is naptime. Such is the case with this beautiful owl.
I had not seen them on my last couple of visits to this spot and almost missed this one this time. My friend and I had searched the entire area with no luck and as we were heading back to the vehicle, there it was. No doubt it had been watching and laughing at our failed attempt to locate it when it was right where we started our search all the time.