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Lifer?
Lifer!
(A lifer is a life bird and the first time seeing one.)

An uncommon visitor in our area, the most charming cat! It seems to be what perfection looks like.

Accidentals feel different, brighter, more emotional and seem to have more weight on the scales of impressions. This is only yours, this is luck, this is intimate and fill with energy, this is honest.

In this case it is not possible to feel the joy of a seeing in full potential due to the context.
Still, this is a different kind of observation. There is no intimacy and that same quiet attention. The attention is rather intrusive, the contribution to science is questionable, 25+ people and you are one of them... someone lights a cigarette, someone has too much cologne, loud conversations, and someone has turned on a recording of a bird's voice, the man on the right asks not to take pictures with a flash , it becomes a little more comfortable.

I continue to reflect on this experience.

In the back meadows close to our house. With the large numbers of off leash dogs now permitted by the landowner, no Snowy owls have been seen since here . This one was seen and photographed over the course of a couple of weeks and then it moved on.