wow never seen one of them. my dad wants to shoot down the blackbirds that fly into our yard, I luckily manage to let the dog out to scare them off before he goes off for his gun!
I get TONS of waxwings in the summertime over my river, I just love to inter-tube(<-is that how you spell it?) down and watch them fly and do little flips above me before sitting in a branch downstream and waiting for me to pass again! they are so cute!
WOW I have yet to see a wild owl . But I see bald eagles almost every day (the thrill of seeing them is long gone). I get more exited about the cute songbirds, like chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, and towhees!