I was coming home from the bar pretty late once and there was this stump in the middle of the road, so I slowed down. As my truck got closer the stump turned and looked at me and spread it's wings. Swear it covered a whole lane. With a couple flaps it was airborne carrying it's dinner. Biggest bird I ever saw.
Had a friend that used to rehabilitate owls locally. In a barn that in my younger years I had to clean up for community service. Any way I got to meet some baby great horned owls. They are damn cute!