Last night as I was reaching for my bow lowering rope and moving my hands around, just after enough light to see to shoot. A 16 inch tall OWL with a 3 foot wing span came in and landed 4 feet away in the tree next to me. We were at eye level. It stopped. WE looked each other in the eyes, I raised my hands to cover my face and it flew off. It looked like I was on the lunch menue. Sure glad it did not land on my head! I've been hearing them , but this was a close up view.