Great Horned Owl in populated area

Thank you owlboy for all that info! You sure seem to know a lot about them.

I guess my owl was scouting for new territory because I haven't seen him since - and it wasn't for lack of looking

Ok so on Christmas Eve I had lot's of owls in the area of my house. The light was good enough to see them but way to little to take pictures. Is is possible to "set up" an area, if an owl comes to the area light it up with something like yard lights and take a shot? or do they take off once the light comes ? Owls are on top of my list of things to get a picture of.

Ira does OK with a flashlight to find and focus the birds, then uses flash to get the shot.