An owl to order! In search of new experiences and strange birds, in June we went to the edge of our boundless Homeland – Primorye. To see any owl on trips is always a blessing! But, to be honest, I didn't even dream about this owl then. Late in the evening, our group arrived at the place of overnight stay – the cordon of one of the oldest nature reserves in Russia – "Cedar Pad". While the participants were settling into cozy rooms, I got into conversation with a local researcher who studies Far Eastern leopards. During the conversation, we discussed the route and the birds that theoretically can be found here. Well, at the end of the conversation, I mentioned owls, to which I received an answer about nesting of two species: the collared owl and the needle-footed owl. If I somehow implied a purely theoretical meeting with the first one, then I did not mean the nesting of the second one. Surprised, I asked again about the needle-footed owl and immediately, as if by order, we heard her voice. Abandoning the sorting of things and grabbing our cameras, we rushed into the night forest. 500 meters from the cordon, this talking male was discovered!