Does this owl look angry to you

[nwwanderer]

He looks normal for a great horned owl, they are tough guys though and breeding season is starting for them.  Do not mess with them as they eat most anything, and might remove your fur hat.  The barn owl death is pretty common, they produce lots of young and often die early.

[Gopher]

The barn owl death is pretty common, they produce lots of young and often die early.

They also hunt a lot along the highways for mice and get whacked by vehicles when they're zeroed in on them and not paying attention.  If you're tempted to pick one up for the feathers or talons, don't.  My roommate in college tried it and got a big ticket.  Protected wildlife and all that good stuff....

[MikeWalking]

I used to spend a lot of time driving from East Lk Samamish Pkwy up to the Plateau, 41st I think. always had a giant white Owl swooping down in front of me 2-3x a night. Nearly hit my windshield a few times.

Never got pics, till this guy started showing up in Kirkland at one of my Properties.

[ser300wsm]

Those are some very cool pics. The one with the red eyes is awesome ... 

[Sumpnneedskillin]

See them dead on the road all the time.  They like to hunt the roads, it's easier to spot the mice that way.  They also burrow and the nest in the cuts.  Between the burrows and perching along the road we're dodging them to and from work.  Nothing will jolt you out of your inattention until you catch a flash of white passing over the windshield in the dark.   I'll have to look tonite when I get home for some of my owl pics.

[sisu]

I've seen a ton of Owls this year probable about 30 or so. I've had a couple of them swoop down in front of me & then fly up on a branch & eat a snake. Gruesome but cool to watch.

I watched a raptor catch a BIG snake over on the North Fork of the years back. Once it had it in its talons it tried to fly away but the snake was striking away like a Chihuahua on the postman, so the bird flew down onto the river bar and finished off the snake. Then it decided that was the place to have lunch, so I moved on after watching him tear into the serpent.