Look carefully below, I think this called a Barred Owl, about 20 inches/51 cm tall., at about 5pm yesterday, sitting above my loft. It was dark outside, so I had to use the night vision setting on my camera, not a bad picture considering the conditions. Consistently very cold lately so I took this picture from my kitchen about 40metres away from the forest.
After about 10 minutes he dropped down to the ground behind the lofts, probably to pick up his supper, a mouse-cordon-bleu, or a red-squirrel-souffle.
