Owl on the line

  I walked outside my door, looked up and, on the power lines above my driveway there was an owl just hanging out. I have only seen an owl in the wild twice in my life. I have never seen one this close in broad daylight. Also I got to talk with him. He was looking away and I said "Hey pretty bird" to get him to look over for a picture. The only camera I had on me was my itouch. I wish I had my good camera on me at the time. The itouch takes grainy pictures at a low resolution. Oh well, at least I have a picture. I just wish the photo did this beautiful bird some justice. :D My buddy Andrew Volpe, who is a big owl fan, has informed me that this is a Barred Owl.

Update:
  Here is a better picture. He came back to hunt in my yard. I took this shot through my window with the good camera. 

Update 2:
  He came back yet again. This time I was able to go outside and get a few good shots of him on my power lines. He did not seem to be bothered by me asking him to pose for the camera.