Baby's freedom

"My" baby Great Horned Owl is growing up so fast. After a walk with a friend yesterday evening, I called in to check on the baby owl around 9:15 p.m.. To my delight, it was practicing its flying in the small grove of trees, landing in the trees around me. Couldn't see Mom or Dad because of all the leaves, but I'm quite sure they were close by. The young one always seems to be falling asleep when I visit in the afternoons, so I thought I'd try a late evening for a change. Unfortunately, that meant that the lighting was too bad for my camera (always used on Auto!). However, with some lightening and a touch of red-eye fixing (thank goodness I tried flash on a couple of photos, even knowing there would be a red-eye problem), this photo is just about fit to be uploaded. The rest of the photos, with no flash, were fit only to be deleted.