Our week in Sax-Zim Bog was capped off on the last afternoon with a four hour visit with a Great Gray Owl. He was amazingly calm and aloof, seemingly unbothered by the people watching him. Much of the time, he sat motionless. When he left one perch for another, he immediately settled down again, watching for prey in the snow beneath him. He would occasionally swivel his head in what seems like a 360° swivel (it’s not) to respond to something he heard behind him, then he’d swivel around again and resume watching in front of him. I took a couple of videos while we watched him. Video is a work in progress for me. I can’t seem to keep the camera and lens still, despite using a tripod. Fortunately, Adobe Premiere has a function that stabilizes shaky video. This is a 15 second clip created from a two and a half minute video that illustrates just how still he can be; then he abruptly swivels in a motion that appears like his head isn’t attached to his body; and after several seconds, he again abruptly swivels back and looks directly into the camera.