Corrected: Short-eared owl, コミミズク, no: Long-eared Owl, トラフズク!

I was driving in the dark when a dark shadow hovered over me and landed on the road...

It was perched on a road sign first and jumped to the road in front of me. In the light of my cars headlights, I could only just focus on it. I thought it was a Short-eared Owl, コミミズク, but was corrected. This is apparantly a Long-eared Owl, トラフズク!

At home I eliminated the noise and this is the result.

Not bad, hey!

Now I can see the fine barred markings on wing-tips and tail. Thank you, Mr. H.

Another creature on the dark road: Raccoon Dog, タヌキ

There were at least 10 of them as far as I could see.