Short-eared Owl

Haven't posted in months, so thought I would post one of Cindy's favorites from a drive this morning. Blizzard here last Friday gave us 1 foot of snow locally and 2 to 4 feet in the local mountains. Locally, the snow melted, but some people are still without power in some of the back country because of the 60mph gusting winds that came with the storm. More snow last night and it is snowing right now. The white in the photo is leftover snow from last night - it was warm enough to melt most of it. Fairly dark and overcast where this was shot with snow showers going through. Had a lot going on early in the year, so didn't do much birding.

Olympus E3, 50-200, EC20, f9, 1/500, ISO400 handheld out vehicle window