The owl that sits in a tree near the stairs to Kakariko Village can be skipped without the use of any items at all, thanks to a sign next to the stairs. If you get close enough so that the action icon changes to "Check", you can avoid triggering the owl's speech. This can usually be done with a backflip or sidehop into the "Check" trigger range. Once you are next to the sign, you must get out of the owl text trigger. You can either edge along the wall until you are out of the check trigger, or you can pause/unpause and do a backflip or sidehop on the next frame to leave the check trigger. Pausing allows you to backflip or sidehop without reading the sign.