Got another lifer. The winter of 2024/2025 is turning out to be the year of the owl. This is a Snowy Owl, which I found by consulting Ebird, with a stake out set up at a park in Romeoville, just a half hour from home. The owl sat for a solid hour on top of a picnic patio roof not far from the parking lot. I wanted to get a flying shot but I was losing light and feelings in both my hands and feet...LOL. This shot is super zoomed in, making it look like we were close to the bird. Not the case at all. We stayed quite a ways away and the owl didn't seem to care, sleeping most of the time. I was at least 50 yards away, maybe more, with about 20 other birders.
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