Ready For 1st Flight
Great Horned Owlet (Bubo virginianus) pulled him/herself up to to this higher point. First flight was short and s/he landed upside down on a telephone line. A parent immediately flew to her/him and bending down, with beak open, helped lift her/him upright on the wire. That effort was successful. Shots of that action to come. Morro Bay; CA; USA; Sony a9; Sony 200-600mm lens +1.4X at 515mm; 1/1000 sec; f/9; ISO 4000; low light; Gitzo tripod; Topaz De Noise and Sharpen
Ready For 1st Flight
Great Horned Owlet (Bubo virginianus) pulled him/herself up to to this higher point. First flight was short and s/he landed upside down on a telephone line. A parent immediately flew to her/him and bending down, with beak open, helped lift her/him upright on the wire. That effort was successful. Shots of that action to come. Morro Bay; CA; USA; Sony a9; Sony 200-600mm lens +1.4X at 515mm; 1/1000 sec; f/9; ISO 4000; low light; Gitzo tripod; Topaz De Noise and Sharpen