While visiting Florida I was birdwatching at a natural area around a retention pond. I saw a large animal on the ground at the edge of the pond which I was surprised to see was a great horned owl!
On a trip the following year to the same area I saw some feathers sticking out of a nest in a small bare tree, blowing in the breeze. As I came round to the other side I saw the cat-like outline of a great horned owl’s head poking above the nest edge.