Quote Originally Posted by DavidEccleston View Post
Sometimes you don't need a long lens. My wife was cleaning some forest trails, when a swarm of chickadees started buzzing her head. She looked up and saw they were trying to warn her about the owl nearby. After watching each other for a bit, the owl turned away to watch the forest before finding itself a snake to snack on.

Photo is a selfie from an iPhone:

Owl by Dave E, on Flickr
That's pretty awesome and close given that's a selfie!!!