Barred Owl -- Strix varia
In my woods. Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
The best, most intimate photos that I got of the adult barred owls were within the first three days after the youngsters left the nest tree. Perhaps they were working harder to keep track of the kids and also keep them fed. In any case, there were two evenings well before dark when one of the owls was down low near my bird feeders. I'm quite sure it was hoping that it could catch some feeder birds to feed the young owlets. During this time, the adult owl was VERY approachable. I shot these with my 70-200mm lens with a 1.4x extender. The shots are cropped a little but not much, so you can see that I was quite close to the owl.
Barred Owl -- Strix varia
In my woods. Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
The best, most intimate photos that I got of the adult barred owls were within the first three days after the youngsters left the nest tree. Perhaps they were working harder to keep track of the kids and also keep them fed. In any case, there were two evenings well before dark when one of the owls was down low near my bird feeders. I'm quite sure it was hoping that it could catch some feeder birds to feed the young owlets. During this time, the adult owl was VERY approachable. I shot these with my 70-200mm lens with a 1.4x extender. The shots are cropped a little but not much, so you can see that I was quite close to the owl.