Why is that Owl following us?

I don't know exactly how many days in a row now, but Joe and I have been seeing an OWL (capital letters) in or around Joe's neighborhood. We have spotted it several times just sitting there, watching the road for some reason all it's own, and apparently quite contentedly staring down cars. It is kind of creepy as owls (lower case), don't usually come out in the daytime. Nor do they in my experience make suggestive eye contact with people in cars. Today we saw it again for the Nth time and I swear it looked deep into my soul with eyes that seemed to ask "Going my way, stranger?". Needless to say, I was terrified for the long moment, I hope we don't see the Owl (upper and lower case) again.