Back on track

I got into Berkeley Springs right around sunset and had just turned onto the road to my parents' house when I passed a large bird on a power line. I turned around to get a better look and just as I was thinking that it wasn't a hawk, he swiveled his head around and I realized that I was looking at my first ever barred owl! I went almost 50 years without seeing an owl in the wild and now have seen 2 in just 3 weeks. I'm thinking that's a good sign.