Out walking one evening in the forest east of Mendocino, CA, I was going down into a gulch when this owl flew up and landed in a tree above me. It seemed curious and totally unafraid, and for a while it flew from tree to tree following me as I walked. A few days later I came back to the same spot with my camera and started making mouse squeak sounds. Immediately the owl flew in and landed on a branch, and it was very cooperative about letting me take pictures. When I wanted it to sit in a different place, I would hide behind a tree and squeak, and it would fly to where it could see me again.
