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Short Eared Owl - Asio flammeus
Over much of its range, short-eared owls occurs with the similar-looking long-eared owl. At rest, the ear-tufts of long-eared owl serve to easily distinguish the two (although long-eared owls can sometimes hold its ear-tufts flat). The iris-colour differs: yellow in short-eared, and orange in long-eared, and the black surrounding the eyes is vertical on long-eared, and horizontal on short-eared. Overall the short-eared tends to be a paler, sandier bird than the long-eared.
The short-eared owl occurs on all continents except Antarctica and Australia; thus it has one of the most widespread distributions of any bird. A. flammeus breeds in Europe, Asia, North and South America, the Caribbean, Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands. It is partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of its range. The short-eared owl is known to relocate to areas of higher rodent populations. It will also wander nomadically in search of better food supplies during years when vole populations are low.
Hunting occurs mostly at night, but this owl is known to be diurnal and crepuscular as well. Its daylight hunting seems to coincide with the high-activity periods of voles, its preferred prey. It tends to fly only feet above the ground in open fields and grasslands until swooping down upon its prey feet-first. Several owls may hunt over the same open area. Its food consists mainly of rodents, especially voles, but it will eat other small mammals such as mice, ground squirrels, shrews, rats, bats, muskrats and moles. It will also occasionally predate smaller birds, especially when near sea-coasts and adjacent wetlands at which time they attack shorebirds, terns and small gulls and seabirds with semi-regularity. Avian prey is more infrequently preyed on inland and centers on passerines such as larks, icterids, starlings, tyrant flycatchers and pipits.
A Reddish Egret in early dawn light
From birdnote:
The Reddish Egret, a particularly glamorous heron, is best known for its startling antics in capturing fish. When fishing, the egret sprints across the lagoon, weaving left and right, simultaneously flicking its broad wings in and out, while stabbing into the water with its bill. Fish startled at the egret’s crazed movements become targets of that pink dagger. At times, the bird will raise its wings forward over its head, creating a shadow on the water. It then freezes in this position for minutes. Fish swim in, attracted by a patch of shade and . . . well, you know the rest.
Tour Kirchhorster See / 05.12.2015 / Niedersachsen / lower saxony
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a fox hunting
The fox was far from me, more than 100m and I was behind a fence.
He was in search of food, maybe rabbits as there is a lot of them here
This is a full cropped view in 4K so you can zoom in for more details.
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Dress : Belle Epoque - Anne - Cream. Soon at We Love Role-Play
Hair : NO.MATCH - NO_PRIVATE. In main store.
Skin : Le Forme - Asami - Summer. Soon at We Love Role-Play
Head : Catwa - Lona
Boots :lassitude & ennui Tribute high heels - tan. Soon at We Love Role-Play
Pose with bow and arrow props : Le Poppycock - Foreboden Realms - Good Hunting.
Decor :
Fountain : A.V. Atelier Visconti - Fountain Sissi. At TLC The Liaison Collaborative.
House : ionic : Espirita Mansion Gacha rare. In main store.
Trees : Titans - The Harmony Tree, with texture hud. In main store. Doves : Anc
Hunting grounds for both the bird and the photographer ...
I don't know if the bird got it's catch but I certainly did.
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Taken in Northern Europe, a Brown Bear hunting in the forest on a summers evening.
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Normally I wouldn't post an image where the subject was flying out of frame at thirds, but in this case it just works for me..I hope you don't get bored by a few images of this shoot being posted so close together between other genres of photography... I usually like to keep my stream varied so as not to bore people to death with the same subject in a million different incremental positions...I only choose to post the best of what I capture from any given shoot and i throw the rest away.This image isn't completely noise free as I'm working with a 7D mark 1 and it's very unforgiving with noise when working over 400 ISO at 1600th shutter speed and at 7.1 aperture { Which is the sweet spot on the 7d when shooting BIF }... I really would love a 7d mark 3 and a better lens than my Sigma 150-500mm... It's a terrific lens but when you're at the full 500mm, the image quality is a bit on the soft side, and your subject is still out of full range and, you have to crop in, and with a 7d mark 1 you don't have the latitude for noise correction and crop, and it grates through my bones to throw so many potentially good captures away... Well, enough of my rant...
Please press L on your keyboard for the best view...Thanks in advance for any faves and comments...Always appreciated...Andy :-}
I found this coyote hunting along the river, didn't see it catch anything, but it was a a beautiful scene.
Hair - Dura-U102
Face Tattoo - Immortuos - Lacero @JailEvent Noveber20
Body Tattoo - Immortuos - Guilty Tattoo @JailEvent Noveber20
Horn - .BananaS. Angevil GACHA @JailEvent Noveber20
Top - [NC] - Immortal Dragon - Top Black/NoHood - Gianni
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This coyote has given me some great photo opportunities lately. He has been seen in a cemetery that also has fields, woods, and a swamp area surrounding it.
This morning I woke up to a real treat. Three great egrets stopped in to rest and get a bite to eat from the pond.