The hunt is on

With just a very occasional glance in my direction, this amazing Great Gray Owl put on a fine hunting display for me the day before yesterday. It made perhaps eight or so attempts to catch something, probably a little Meadow Vole, but missed each time. I think the final attempt must have been successful, as the owl "cloaked" with its wings and turned round to look at me as if to say "This is mine!". And off it flew ...... I feel SO lucky to see things like this, and to get the chance to take photos. I was thankful that some of my photos came out, as it was an overcast day - the forecast had said sunshine. Wish there were 48 hours in a day - I'm just not getting time to go through all the photos I took. I'm quickly running out of space on my computer again - will HAVE to make time to do some backing up and deleting, otherwise I'll be encountering problems. All my botanizing walks and trips have now started, so things will be crazy till fall.