Not What They Seem

Returning home last night, I saw an owl swoop in front of my car and come to rest on the lines in front of my house.  I believe it was an Eastern Screech Owl (megascops asio);and a fierce little thing.  It sat on the line in front of my house and we spoke for a bit, though the owl did swear me to secrecy on the particulars. 

I've never seen a living owl before; I grew up in a house that had a mightily vocal great horned owl (bubo virginianus) as a neighbor, but we never met in person.