After seeing pictures of it and voting for it on multiple occasions on the contests held here, I got to see a Eurasian eagle-owl in person today. I was a little far away so the picture isn’t that great, but I was very impressed.
I also got to see a Barn Owl, and it was beautiful!
Better than trying to ogle one in a very large cage in a zoo. Like the eagle owl cage was really big and because they’re nocturnal, it was hanging out in the shadows at the very back.
I can’t recall whether I’ve seen them closer irl