The little one

Just had to post one photo of the tiny Northern Pygmy-owl, taken this afternoon. Called in at this part of the park after a three-hour walk along the Bow River. Four other people had already found one of the owls by the time I arrived. This is a female, with a bill that is partly orange - from staining, or perhaps just an individual variation? The trees that these owls perch in have so many tiny branches that it is (almost) impossible to get a photo without any thin twigs in it somewhere.