Perched on the back of a metal bench in our yard. At one point blue jays and robins were squawking at it from the surrounding trees. Juvenile? Was debating between great horned owl and long-eared owl.
Sighted at Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California, during 6 March 2016 a "Tidepool Pre-Blitz" event, a preliminary survey and practice run for the upcoming Nation-wide Bioblitz scheduled this coming May. This individual was first encountered exposed in a small pool shortly after low tide. It was observed browsing on submerged algae as can be viewed in a video recorded at the same time and posted to YouTube.
Technical:
Sony DSC-RX100 Digital Camera