Every time I've seen a Night-heron it was in the daylight. That may be because I've never hiked in swamps at night : -)

Night-herons will hunt in the daytime or at night. This Yellow-crowned Night-heron was seen in the deep shadows at Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, in southwest Florida.

Short-eared Owl

It was a fantastic day for photographing the owls. There were four of them at the back of the Wildlife Drive putting on a show for everyone. Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Galloway, NJ.

Found locally - I took several shot and then he flew up to this branch where I caught the light and a clearer view. For once I got luck and a well lit clear view. Still have not caught this one in flight - the tree branches usually cause me to lose it.

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Buffalo, NY

I have been chasing this beautiful Barred Owl through the woods for a couple of weeks. Finally today while it was busy looking for prey I got an opportunity to get a few shots.

I still want to catch it in flight and will be working on it!

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I went to a place I have only been to once before. That was a few years ago. I did more shots this time and tried to set up better this time. I admit though, that I should have used a tripod to use a higher F stop.

Hope you like.

Happy Fence Friday

A beautiful Great Horned Owl on a winter's day keeping an eye out for some food or possibly just checking me out. A rare opportunity and will be hunting this guy for an in-flight capture!

When daylight wakes us, the black of night disappears, the beautiful colors and shades of the morning can bring a smile to our faces. As birds begin to chirp they search for their daily nourishment for themselves and their baby chicks. Spring is when change comes about and gives us plenty of enjoyment. Gratitude and Kindness happens in all seasons. Enjoy your seasons yearly.

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Have a good weekend

Inviting you to start your day with blue skies, a glass of cold juice and a cup of coffee. Look out the window and see the World right before your eyes looking back at you. Our days are usually quite busy but we try to find a few moments in the day to appreciate our lives and give three examples of what we’re grateful for on that day.

Ost-Kreischeule - Eastern Screech-Owl - Megascops asio - Petit-duc maculé

Stacked the CPL and 9 Stop ND filter here together to get this daytime long exposure smoothing out the reflection and at the same time revealing what lies beneath the 'lake' surface.

32/52: The weekly challenge - Architecture – photograph an entire building that you really like, or get in very close and shoot the details.

Since I've had a very busy time lately I thought I'd use this one of The Sydney Opera House, from my trip. A daytime LE using ND filter.

Also #69 in my 100 x challenge - Photos from my travels

Another one from my last stormchase. I caught this one not far from my home town. Nice storm clouds with rain streaks in the evening light and .....

..... a double lightning strike !

The contrast of the lightning bolts with the sky could be better, perhaps next time I will underexpose with an extra 2/3 of a stop.

Shot with an ultra wide angle (15mm) on full frame, so these lightning bolts were rather close, I guess 2 or 3 kilometers from my location.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC0vwJbFtGE&list=PL3B6CDF060E...

Waning gibbous

The pretty area of Sedona under pretty daytime conditions.

Came home to see this spectacular view of the moon against a blue sky as the clouds hovered close. Nothing special was done just tweeked in Lightroom a little to bring out some contrast and to crop the photo.

Took in Haines Junction, Yukon Territory, Canada

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This pretty little guy was spotted by my daughter whilst we were on a countryside walk at about 4.30pm. Neither of us had seen this one before or had any idea what it was. Frustratingly, I couldn't find it on the web as with it being so hairy we thought it was a daytime moth.

Many thanks to Nick Brischuk for helping out on the i.d. :))

Yesterday I posted a very-similar picture of evening grosbeaks on a feeder. This is the Ghostbusters-style remake, with ladies* instead of dudes!

It's fine, but probably not as good as the original.

(*these could be juvenile males... I asked, but their English is even worse than my Grosbeakanese)

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While feeding young barn owls extend their hunting into the daylight hours.