After a short search I was able to find an owl. I was pretty much done looking when a passing visitor saw it. I told you they can be hard to see! I was looking up that same tree and missed him. I don't actually know if it's a him, I don't know how to tell males and female barred owls apart. Either way, this owl is large and beautiful. This picture was taken just south of the sequioa grove, in the Douglas fir with all the ivy under it.