Calling all bird watchers

Today I noticed a large bird in a tree in my back yard and I have never seen this type of bird in my area.  The bird is brown, has a beak about 3 inches long, yellow legs I estimate to be about 4 – 5 inches long, and a body that is around 12 inches long.  When standing on the limb in the tree he/ she is about 1 1/2 feet tall.  This bird is huge compared to all other bird life in the area.  I snapped some photos using a telephoto lens since the bird was very high in the trees so here is “Big Bird”:

What kind of bird is this?

Notice the large beak and long legs.

It almost looks like an owl of some kind in the face.

Does anybody know what kind of bird this is?

-jk

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