When I came home this afternoon, a neighbour came running up and she said "hurry, get your camera, there is a big owl just down by the creek", its been there for more than an hour". As I had never before seen an Owl so close to our house, I hurried and sure enough the Owl was still there perched on a horizontal branch right above the creek. The sky had gotten overcast by that time, but I was able to get a few dozen shots before several Crows came along to harass the Owl and chase it off.

In the above image, the Owl is looking up to keep an eye on the Crows.