Superb Owls!

[mike.cambridge]

Dont think there's an owls thread - what have you got?

Here's a short-eared owl, a winter visiter to the UK. We had 7 living down the road from us this year, they got very used to the line of photographers around 'their' hunting field!

 

[mike.cambridge]

and a lovely barn owl who regularly appears in the field next to where we go training in the mornings, especially this time of year:

 

[mike.cambridge]

One more - a spotted eagle owl (I think!) in Botswana a few years ago:

 

[sparker1]

Great Horned Owl, Arizona

 

[West Coast Birder]

Great Horned Owl, Arizona
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Great shots! I don’t think I’ve ever see. A GHO sitting out in the open like that. What a sight!

 

[mike.cambridge]

how close to that owl were you? from the the exif it looks like they were about 10 feet away?? Amazing!

 

[sparker1]

how close to that owl were you? from the the exif it looks like they were about 10 feet away?? Amazing!

It was several years ago, I forget just how close, but close enough. Here he is landing on that branch, One is out of focus.

 

[mike.cambridge]

Spotted this Little Owl while I was trying to find short-eared owls - I think he's a regular on this pile of logs, now I know what to look for I see him quite often!

 

[Roboticspro]

Good Morning,

One of the many Barred Owl locals that have a tendency to call potential mates between 1 and 4 AM in my woodlands...

Regards,

Edd

 

[KenChengPhotography]

Great Grey Owl Stare by Ken Cheng Photography, on Flickr

 

[Roboticspro]

Good Evening,

One of the mates of many Barred Owl pairs in my woodlands. This one took a two-hour nap in a Hemlock across from my main deck; photos later...

Regards,

Edd

 

[Roboticspro]

Good Morning,

Another angle with both highlights in the eyes of the Barred Owl while it makes short call to its' mate, and nap-time for another in one of the huge Hemlocks in my woodlands.

Regards,

Edd

 

[TheFloridaShooter]

What's better than one Barred Owl, a Pair of Barred Owls - this is a first for me. Two Barred Owls in one photograph. Image taken on Pine Island, FL USA on May 10, 2024 Camera: Sony Alpha 1 + FE 400mm f2.8 GM

 

[joayne]

Beautiful Capture!

 

[mike.cambridge]

An eagle owl which I just got a pic of as it flew away in Botswana, when I got back to camp and went through the pics, I saw it was carrying something - we think it's a stillborn or just died lion cub, the guide said there's no way they'd be allowed to get close enough to a live one.

 

[West Coast Birder]

My first and only snowy owl sighting in, of all places, Southern California. This individual was supposedly a stowaway on a freighter coming down from Alaska. She created quite the stir in SoCal birding circles and I was lucky enough to see her perched on somebody's roof in Huntington Beach, panting in the heat. She disappeared after a while, so hopefully she figured out which way is North and headed back to more comfortable climes!

Canon EOS 7D Mark II | EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM | ƒ/5.6 | 400.0 mm | 1/5000 | 400 ISO​

 

[KD_Reno]

My first Great Gray Owl, t Sax-Zim Bog in Minnesota.

 

[West Coast Birder]

My first Great Gray Owl, t Sax-Zim Bog in Minnesota.

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Great shot! Now that I have seen the snowy, the great gray has risen to #1 on my lifer target list. They are so hard to find out here and of course, their locations are not generally revealed by anyone.

 

[KD_Reno]

Great shot! Now that I have seen the snowy, the great gray has risen to #1 on my lifer target list. They are so hard to find out here and of course, their locations are not generally revealed by anyone.

Thanks! There are apparently 2 or 3 breeding pairs in the Sax-Zim Bog, and they frequently perch on snags along the roads. We drove around for over 2 hours before finding one, and then we sat watching it for about 45 minutes. I stopped taking pictures 3 or 4 times . We were there a second morning trying for a Connecticut Warbler and came across two owls when we weren't even trying.

Another view.

 

[sparker1]

Thanks! There are apparently 2 or 3 breeding pairs in the Sax-Zim Bog, and they frequently perch on snags along the roads. We drove around for over 2 hours before finding one, and then we sat watching it for about 45 minutes. I stopped taking pictures 3 or 4 times . We were there a second morning trying for a Connecticut Warbler and came across two owls when we weren't even trying.

Another view.
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Did you meet Sparky at Sax-Zim Bog?