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... a mist rising from the valley, after the rain, glowing with sunset light and across the field, shadows grow longer ...
WAMX 4170 at 5 Points Janesville,Wisconsin. The Unit celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad.
This is not the first Great Horned Owl I've ever photographed - in fact, I've had the pleasure and good fortune a number of times. But this one just blew my socks off. I was walking down a park trail, and another walker coming up the trail saw my camera and said, oh, there's an owl just round the corner. I thought, cool. But I only went a few feet and there it was, full backside, and it was HUGE. I'm reminded and surprised how really big they are every time I see one. So my Sibley guide specs are length 22", wing span 44", wt. 3.1 lbs (1400g). 22" - that's almost 2 feet high. I'm more used to 9" burrowing owls weighing a few ounces. The "hulk" just took my breath away. So ... heart pounding, I rounded the corner hoping for the front side. Got it, though it had a terrible shadow right across the face from a tree limb. So I waited. I hoped the sun would move before the bird did. And eventually, it turned around so I went back to where I first saw it. Cool - no shadow, just BACKlighting! All in all, I got 35 minutes with it before it finally moved deeper into the evergreens out of the sun and out of sight. One more thing - I think this is the first Great Horned Owl I've ever photographed with its horns up. :-)
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L595 makes its way back home towards Horicon with WAMX 4170 and 4175 for power on Superbowl Sunday 2022.