A quick post here because…
who doesn’t like an Owl.
Everyone Loves An Owl
Category Archives: Owls
The Biggest, Eagle Owl
You can see the huge claws on this Owl as he flew in for food. This is the Eurasian Eagle Owl.
Always considered the biggest Owl in the world recently another rare species was found to rival his size.
This bird is the size of an Eagle, very big.
Avian Center / Birds Of Prey education program.
Barred Owl, B&W
Since we shoot the Barred Owls fairly often this image was processed in black and white.
Just to be different.
Avian Center, rehab from car accident.
Barred Owl, B&W
Another image discovered in the ‘Lost Folder’.
No idea how but about 650 photographs were in the wrong Lightroom Catalogue. Most were from a single day shooting out in a swamp. Some good, some not so much. Still, it was like a present.
Focus On The Eyes, Owl
At this speed and distance just (try) grab focus on an eye.
With luck the rest will be OK.
Wood Owl.
Avian Conservation Center, South Carolina.
Portrait Wood Owl
The angle you really want when shooting an Owl up close…
… and never get.
Brown Wood Owl Portrait
All Owls are special but this one…
The Avian Conservancy, South Carolina.
Eagle Owl Portrait
This is ‘the big guy’. Eurasian Eagle Owl.
A little under 3 feet (.9 meters) tall and a 6.5 foot (1.98 meter) wing span, he is really big. He is recognized as the largest owl in the world. However, there is a Fish Owl about the same size.
Their habitat is thick woods across much of Europe, across Russia, and through Asia Minor and China. A big range. There are also several subspecies because they are so widely spread out.
Since they have such a huge range there are places the breed is safe and doing well (no large human population) and others where they are endangered.
The Great Horned Owl in the US and Canada is a member of the Eagle Owl family.
A member of a breeding program at the Avian Conservation Center, Charleston, South Carolina.
Note; He will fly loose at the center and has buzzed Ellen multiple times at a past photo shoot.