The owl's coloring closely matches the coloring of the old tree and it is barely perceptible from any distance. Only the buckskin toned feathers allow you to discern that owl is sitting in the tree. It takes a great deal of movement and you have to come as close as 25 feet before it hides back in the tree. Moments later, it reappears on its perch. Although there are over 525 species of owls, this particular owl seems to resemble the Saw-Whet owl that is found from Alaska to Mexico.
Owls are a bird of prey and are protected by federal law.