Short-Eared Owls
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Birds of Britain and the Western Palearctic - Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, UK.
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This is a previously unposted picture taken in the year that Shorties were prevalent at a Manitoba location in late December.
The name of this species could be misleading: it is 'short-billed' only by comparison to the Long-billed Dowitcher, and longer-billed than the average shorebird. Flocks of Short-billed Dowitchers wade in shallow water over coastal mudflats. They often seem rather tame, allowing a close approach when they are busy feeding. ~ Audubon.org
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Taken yesterday at The Great Fen, Cambridgeshire
Not much light left in the day when one finally came within range.
ISO 2500, wide open (f5.6) @ 400mm, 1/500s
A Short-eared Owl quartering a field.
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Another from Christmas. Still have a few more before i have to dig deeper in the archives
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Back to the Christmas folder again
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What a day. We arrived at 7:30am and didn't leave till around 5:30pm. Many debates on where to be, upper or lower fields. We ended up at the Cold Soil side, on the paved path, about half way up. Things were looking dim during the morning hours, but around 4:30pm an explosion of 4 shorties happened. Amazing to see. We all had a great time.
The skies were mostly cloudy, sometimes a bad thing, but if it was clear out, this shot wouldn't happen. We would be shooting right into the sun. As it was, most of the 300 or so shots were shadowed bringing out some noise. Took a gamble shooting at half the speed I would normally shoot flight shots at.