A great horned owl that was raised by the RCV. When it was first hatched, someone (stupidly) had the owl imprint on a human and now it can't be released into the wild. It was sort of puffing out its feathers and making screechy noises when this was taken. It was a very vocal bird...

Taken at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens during the annual Meadwolark Photo Expo, 2008.

This was one of the birds exhibited to photographers by the Raptor Convervancy of Virginia link