I was treated to a saw-whet owl in my backyard at Apple Valley in Howard, Ohio on October 21.  I was outdoors checking for moths at house and garage lights when I spooked this owl that appeared to fly from my house roof and landed in an oak tree nearby.  I went inside to change the lens to a 70 to 300 mm zoom lens.  I used a flashlight to find him and to supplement my built-in flash and managed to get a few good shots.  He stood for all of this, finally only moving a little ways farther on a tree limb and I decided to stop annoying it.
I've attached a photo for verification that this is a saw-whet owl--I've never seen one before.
Don Comis
Howard, Ohio (Knox County, about 7 miles from Mt. Vernon, Ohio)
P.S. This is my first posting to this site, so let me know if I shouldn't attach photos or if the photo is too large.  I used Irfan to reduce it as much as I could quickly.

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