I’ve made comment on how there can be days we are out shooting that are impossible to explain. We live in a photographers heaven.
Right After this we bumped into a River Otter. 😆😆
Specs; OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400 ll, Lightroom.
Screech Owl, A Good Day
Category Archives: Owls
Eastern Screech Owl
An Eastern Screech Owl was back in a hole we know of out in a wildlife area in the ACE Basin. This hole has been empty for a while, but we still look as we pass by.
This is a red morph of the Screech Owl. About 1/3 are this rofous coloring in the eastern US. There is another Screech Owl territory on a dirt road a few miles from here, that one has been the Gary morph in the past.
They are only about 9 inches (22 centimeters) when fully grown.
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With luck I also have a shot with his eyes open. Which is actually not a common photo LOL.
Posing Barred Owl
For a nature photographer it doesn’t get much better.
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Using lighter weight gear makes a big difference. At times you need to hold up that big lens, focus and wait…and wait…
The Local Young Barred Owl
There were two raised around the bamboo swamp this year but lately only one has been seen.
Considering the way they blend into their surroundings there could be two at any given time, but people only see one.
In The Spanish Moss, Owl
A Barred Owl half hidden in Spanish Moss.
So very southern…
Owl…Look Up
Ellen from behind me…’Owl, look up’.
Me…’where’.
Ellen…’straight up, directly over your head up’!
I would have missed him entirely. The juvenile Owl was about 10 feet directly over my head LOL. Focus was impossible, way too close.
He didn’t look awake yet. It’s not easy taking care of yourself. The young Owls from the local bamboo swamp are around on their own, Mom probably watching from some tree top though.
Juvenile Barred Owl.
Waiting For A Delivery, Barred Owlets
The kids are out and about. Not sure yet about life outside the big hole they call home yet though.
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Barred Owl chicks.
Branching, Barred Owl Chick
There’s no flying yet, but certainly out branching.
The trees are big around the swamp and Oak branches are close to each other. Young Owls climb with their beaks and huge claws.
The light is bad here but this is one of the first young Owl shots of the year for me. Once they get some flight in things are better.