Sleeping Beauty

An old friend, artist and photographer Ed Lam writes:

Attached are a couple of pictures* I took a few days ago of one of the Central Park Barred Owls near the Metropolitan Museum, 10 Jan. I don't get into Manhattan much so it was a treat!

Barred Owl, Central Park, January 10, 2013
Photo by ED LAM

*PS from Marie: Alas, I couldn't upload the second photo, for some reason.