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Watching the Sun Go Down
This Snowy seems content to watch the sunset. Rainy weather has provided me an opportunity to dig deep in the achives for missed shots.
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Do You Feel Lucky Punk
This Great Grey Owl was channeling Dirty Harry with this stare in my direction.
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I was poised about 40 feet from the perch this owl was using when he spotted his prey. To my surprise, after he caught it he flew right at me and landed at a perch 15 feet from me. After landing, he spotted me, gave me a few looks, then devoured the grasshopper.
Something Looks Askew, is what this Northern Hawk Owl seems to be saying as she surveys the ground for dinner.
The little vole did not stand a chance. This Northern Hawk Owl dropped from the tree and hit the ground so fast, I was lucky to press the shutter as soon as I saw movement.
I quite liked the striped multicolored background behind this Northern Hawk Owl. She has since moved on to new hunting grounds. Sure glad I got to see her before she left.
On the Prowl
This short eared owl i hunting for voles in the field. Thanks to Topaz AI Clear for salvaging a ISO 12880 shot
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Went owling with some good friends in South East Washington and Northern Oregon. Khanh Tran was our Guide and he Located this Northern Pygmy Owl. With his voice he was able to call the owl to a location close enough to photograph. I positioned myself so that a tree would be the background instead of the sky. Due to the low light and snowstorm, I had to median average 3 shots to reduce noise. It is rare to have an animal sit still long enough to be able to do this but it really helps on high ISO shots. Then using Topaz AI Clear and DeHaze, along with color calibration adjustments the edit was finished.
This Northern Pygmy Owl landed on this short branch covered in lichen. It is amazing how fast their heads pivot from side to side looking for prey or preditor.
It was a dream for me not even to photograph an owl, just to see one. I have looked and roamed some popular spots of California, Oregon, Florida and even Jersey. All time long I was looking at the wrong place. Not that they don’t exist over there but it’s extremely hard to spot one unlike this coz you know it’s Spotted 😛
Lose, Lose, Lose Situation
As the Harrier attacked the Vole was set free. Neither bird when to find the dropped rodent.
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“Gliding in silence”
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This Northern Hawk Owl just lifted off the branch on the way to new hunting grounds. The pink behind is from blueberry field.g
I got some great shots of a couple of Owlets and an adult Barred Owl in Central Saanich yesterday.
Young birds rapidly increase their weight from 35 grams at birth (0.77 lbs.) to 1000 grams (2.2 lbs.) for females and 800 grams (1.76 lbs.) for males in less than a month (25 days). They leave the nest in about 40 days, ready to take on the world.
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