Snowy Owl territory - Le territoire du Harfang des neiges
From the bright flowers of summer to one of the harshest, coldest mornings of last winter: a morning on which I took a friend who was interested in seeing a Snowy Owl for a sunrise back-roading experience. He was shocked at the hour we were scheduled to leave his house and then really shocked when he saw the temperature.
It ended up that some sort of weather event was underway, and the temperature eventually dropped to -30. My friend dryly noted that he had underestimated my ‘commitment’ to birding.
I have to admit it was brutally cold. But with the ice fog and dawn light brightening the farmland it seemed exceptionally beautiful to me. I only wish I were better able to process my options for environmental/landscape photography.
My professional life involves creating and articulating options in complex contractual negotiations, and a commonly expressed fear of the folks I work with is that they have left an option unexplored. I feel that way when a situation like this cold, cold morning comes along, and the sun is rising…
This is the rolling, flat, open farmland southwest of Ottawa that year after year provides territory for Snowy Owls.
We found three Snowies, and even got out of the car to watch them through binoculars. But when I got out of the car to try some photographs of the weather event, my friend stayed put.
Snowy Owl territory - Le territoire du Harfang des neiges
From the bright flowers of summer to one of the harshest, coldest mornings of last winter: a morning on which I took a friend who was interested in seeing a Snowy Owl for a sunrise back-roading experience. He was shocked at the hour we were scheduled to leave his house and then really shocked when he saw the temperature.
It ended up that some sort of weather event was underway, and the temperature eventually dropped to -30. My friend dryly noted that he had underestimated my ‘commitment’ to birding.
I have to admit it was brutally cold. But with the ice fog and dawn light brightening the farmland it seemed exceptionally beautiful to me. I only wish I were better able to process my options for environmental/landscape photography.
My professional life involves creating and articulating options in complex contractual negotiations, and a commonly expressed fear of the folks I work with is that they have left an option unexplored. I feel that way when a situation like this cold, cold morning comes along, and the sun is rising…
This is the rolling, flat, open farmland southwest of Ottawa that year after year provides territory for Snowy Owls.
We found three Snowies, and even got out of the car to watch them through binoculars. But when I got out of the car to try some photographs of the weather event, my friend stayed put.