Barn Dweller

Yesterday we found this guy (or gal?) in our barn. The pictures make him seem much larger than he really was (maybe 8-9 inches tall?). It was tiny! After doing some research, we think he's an Eastern Screech Owl. While we don't mind him living in our barn, we weren't sure if he actually wanted to be there or he was trapped, so we decided to try to get him to fly out of the barn. After 15 minutes of chasing him around with a broom, we managed to get him to fly outside. Hopefully he wasn't too traumatized and if he did end up in the barn out of his own free will, maybe he'll be back and we'll see him again.