thanks everyone.
moira: you should of hung on a little bit longer.i got the photos right after you left.i too was going to go to presq-isle,but stayed a bit longer.things settled down after awhile,and the owls started roosting again.
paul: you,re right about beeing lucky to have one in the open. i seen many that were so deep in cover,that you could barely make out their outline.
denis