I chanced upon these birds as I was driving along a gravel road. First I saw the owl- real close, almost in the windshield. It flew back the direction I'd come from, so I got out, grabbed the camera from the back of my rig and drove back down the road to see if I could get some pictures, ultimately, about a half mile. I was just lucky that he chose not to fly away from the road. Here's a pic I grabbed before he got around the bend (one of several times!)

Later the hawk got into the picture.
I also saw three fork-horned bucks while chasing the wily coyote. This was only the second time I'd seen a buck while holding a centerfire rifle in my hand. (I don't get around much.) I had cross hairs on one of them long enough that a shot was possible (had it been in-season, etc). Yeah, and I was carrying a .204 Ruger. Not much of a deer gun. 40gr of 'devastation'
