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Good example of their independent pupil dilation. You can see the eye in the sunbeam is less dilated.
Many comments of the original post took this as a sign of an injury, but this is actually a positive sign that all is likely working as it should. Since owl eyes are so large (the part inside their head is even bigger than how it looks from the outside!) they tend to get injured in an impact.
Those eyes are definitely the defining feature for this photo. Looks fascinating and hope it recovers well.
See, now I saw a confident guy, kicked back in a smug pose, giving us the eye, somewhat like this stock image: