"It Sent Tingles Down My Spine For Hours": Owl Lands On This Photographer's Lens, Ends Up Blending In Perfectly

The owl was young, juvenile—you can tell by certain features on the owl, like the tail feathers, for example. I think, one, this young owl was just curious about these strange visitors in his neck of the woods and wanted to check us out. And two, he wasn't threatened by us. I have had some awesome encounters with wildlife and sometimes you can just sense that they are comfortable and at ease with your presence and you kind of share a connection for that time you're with them. The owl was comfortable with approaching humans as it landed on photographer Scott Dere's camera lens and sat on photographer Brooke Bartleson's head. And this was all without any calling or baiting—Beau explained that they never do that with wildlife.