Photo of large owl perched on the branch of a tree. The branch runs diagonally through the lower part of the frame, rising from right to left. The bird's body, with a pattern of black, beige and orange stripes, is facing the camera, which looks up at the bird from below. The owl's head is turned slightly to the right, its big eyes with yellow-orange iris and huge black pupils focused on something distant, outside of the frame. Feather tufts that give the bird its name "Great Horned Owl" are nicely visible against a backdrop of out of focus green leaves.