This owl is special. First, I never saw one with the feathers all fluffed out over the nest and that was very neat. It was also inside the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in Arizona just south of Phoenix. The Great House, over three stories tall rising out of the flat desert landscape, was built about the year 1200. I find the owl a symbol of wisdom ensconced in this ancient structure that gave the natives here a view of the extensive irrigation system so they could monitor their corn crops to be a neat intertwining of meanings and culture.
