Photographer said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl!

Early in the evening the owl begins screeching, which usually lasts most of the night. This evening the owl began around 8:30. I walked into the forest and walked toward the screeching. When I had walked through the deciduous forest (cottonwood) and reached the coniferous forest, I thought the owl was high in the top of a fir tree. While searching the tops of the trees, I noticed the owl was perched on a branch about two meters above me. I used my flash. It sat curiously watching while I took two photographs. Then it flew off to another tree a little further away and screeched.