Margaret the Novice
Owl little leaving nest site Essex 24.6.2015 (1)
We spent five and half hours in a small canvas hide hoping for opportunities to photograph little owls.
After a reasonable wait we were treated to an amazing assortment of little owl behaviours.
To us despite no similarity in colour they look and behave rather like owl versions puffins- upright and self-important.
We had taken a selection of food to attract then and the maggots were well received as were the morio worms and live meal worms. Oh yes we wanted to draw them in and eventually we were rewarded.
Hope these images prove the point.
This particular series was testing for several reasons i.e. light and location of the bird and the speed at which she left the nest hole.
Literally hundreds of images were deleted but I hope these few images indicate what we witnessed .
Owl little leaving nest site Essex 24.6.2015 (1)
We spent five and half hours in a small canvas hide hoping for opportunities to photograph little owls.
After a reasonable wait we were treated to an amazing assortment of little owl behaviours.
To us despite no similarity in colour they look and behave rather like owl versions puffins- upright and self-important.
We had taken a selection of food to attract then and the maggots were well received as were the morio worms and live meal worms. Oh yes we wanted to draw them in and eventually we were rewarded.
Hope these images prove the point.
This particular series was testing for several reasons i.e. light and location of the bird and the speed at which she left the nest hole.
Literally hundreds of images were deleted but I hope these few images indicate what we witnessed .