Video of a Colorado deputy's encounter with a curious, clicking baby owl delighted animal-lovers on Friday after authorities posted footage of the unusual meeting online.

The deputy was driving near the small town of Nederland when she and a colleague were stopped in their tracks by the young northern saw-whet owl, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office said.

'Hi, what's up?' says the deputy in the footage as she approaches the small bird on a woodland road. Unfazed, the young owl clicks back in response.

'After some curious head twisting (on both sides) it safely flew away,' the sheriff's office said in a statement on social media

The sheriff's office said the cute encounter took place in the area of Rainbow Lakes Campground, a few miles northwest of Nederland, but that it was not revealing the exact location in order to protect the owl's nest.

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A Coloardo deputy encounters a tiny baby owl on a mountain road while she was driving with a colleague

The curious bird stayed still as the officer confronted it and said 'hi'

Unfazed, the young owl clicks back in response, standing its ground on the mountain road in Nederland

The saw-whet owl ruffled its feathers at one point as the cop knelt down to catch eye contact