(Consider it a fatal attraction of sorts)

I've always been pretty partial to birds of prey in general as well. I remember a long time ago when I was still in infants school, they had an "owl day" where they invited some peeps from one of the zoos or aviaries who brought in a pair of owls; I believe one was a tawny and the other was *probably* a barn owl (it could have been a snowy, but given their range I think that's just my memory pulling one over on me). There's something quite cool about having a juvenile barn owl standing on your arm.

Great photos. I too have a fascination for birds of prey. We used to have a nesting pair of Great Horned Owls in the neighborhood, but I haven't seen them in a couple years. Still have the Harris Hawks though.

those are great pics, I also love seeing Birds of Prey. We saw an owl on some power lines last year when I was with the boys and was able to pull right up next to it and show them. Only seen one other one out in nature and it was huge!

Coolest owl ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es52WQKLumI&feature=player_embedded

Wow is that for real, it looks so unreal

Brilliant photos Mate!