Now you see it, now you don’t. Well, it doesn’t show up as much in the second image, anyway. What I’m talking about is the piece of stiff grass or straw that is visible in the first image that appears to be embedded in the feathers next to this Great Gray Owl’s beak. We spent some time with this Great Gray near Fishing Bridge in Yellowstone a couple of weeks ago. The straw remained in place despite this magnificent creature changing locations several times during the hour or so we had it in our viewfinders. While it was on this particular perch, the second to the last perch of the morning, it faced the sun and whenever it turned its head, the eyes either closed or the nictitating membrane covered the eye so I was never able to get a head on view. But, at least when it swiveled to the right, the straw didn’t reflect the sun, it just created a light shadow.