I tend to always want to err on behalf of birds rather than people, but in this situation, based on what I'm reading here, the owl is roosting regularly in the same tree despite all the activity around it and all the attention it's getting. The little guy has obviously figured out that one of the regular happenings in this area is a bunch of gawking people and their lenses pointed at it. There are lots of trees not just in the area around there, but in the nature center itself, yet the bird repeatedly returns to the same roost spot. That seems compelling evidence that it's reasonably comfortable there. So, personally, even though I am reluctant to post information about owls in many situations, this is exactly the kind of situation where I'd feel perfectly comfortable telling people exactly where the owl is.
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