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I notice a low-flying bird overhead that turns out to be an owl when it lands in the nearby brush

6860-kelso-dunes-wilderness.jpg The occasional streams of water here have carved their presence into the rockThumbnailsI come around a bend, and a noise interrupts the quiet, startling meThe occasional streams of water here have carved their presence into the rockThumbnailsI come around a bend, and a noise interrupts the quiet, startling meThe occasional streams of water here have carved their presence into the rockThumbnailsI come around a bend, and a noise interrupts the quiet, startling meThe occasional streams of water here have carved their presence into the rockThumbnailsI come around a bend, and a noise interrupts the quiet, startling meThe occasional streams of water here have carved their presence into the rockThumbnailsI come around a bend, and a noise interrupts the quiet, startling me

I first think it's a small hawk, until I notice its flat face peering at me. He watches me for a few moments, then flies away. I wonder if he was trying to distract me from something, like a nearby nest.