This is a photograph of a male Eastern Screech Owl. It was taken in the afternoon as the male and female were preparing to feed the owlets. The owl box is in a tree directly above this photograph. This particular male stood by all day in a nearby tree guarding the owl box and usually doesn't hunt this early, however the owlets were ready to leave the box and feeding times came earlier every day. This shot was taken with a Nikon D4 and 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 lens. The settings were 400mm F/5.6, 1/250 sec. and ISO 140.