Jody -
Awsome series! Every year I look forward to the raptors and owl offerings from your neck of the woods.
The perched shots are complemented by photogenic perches, the flight shots by dynamic poses, etc., etc., etc. ............. Well, I guess you get my drift.
- Ken
Jody, Trey and I have booked or flight out of DFW for next week, can you be sure and pick use up next Friday morning at the airport. We will have everything we need , I even have my own mice .
Awesome Work. You should set up a work shop and charge people, except for, me because I conjured up the idea. Where were these taken. I saw a similar owl at work today(new Hampshire, U.S.)......... the one day I don't bring my camera and bingo a potential good/great shot gone and past.
I think I've officially run out of compliments for you, Jody. What can I say that hasn't been said a thousand times before? Unbelievably beautiful shots... I really can't believe that some publisher hasn't nailed you down yet.
I personally see nothing wrong with it... after all most Nature Lovers have Bird feeders in there backyard and photograph them
Ah ok.
Well he has a point, but so do you, it's a matter of personal opinion vs hypocrisy. How much is an opinion worth when under slightly different conditions you do the same thing...
Personally I have a problem with shooting Zoo animals, but not with pets.
I also don't like feeding wild animals just to lure them into my frame, but when that same animal gets attracted to picknick baskets (), trash or decides to wonder into the suburbs I'll be the first one to fill up my CF card...
And to compare a sparrow that nests in your backyard to an owl that stays far away from civilisation until civilisation intrudes it's habitat and starts tossing dead mice at the naive little fluffster...
But then there are those silly bald eagles that feed off of fishhatcheries and trashheaps...
There is no black, there is no white, it's all different shades of grey....
Fantastic shots, Jody, I was wondering how you managed to get so close to a northern hawk owl (I live in Alberta and see them regularly, yet have never managed to get even remotely this close to them, wild hawk owls are extremely skittish birds!), but the mice and voles explains it. Still remarkable captures, though, great work.
these are killer shots Jody, and it was fun shooting with you and the other guys. Ya, I am not a big fan of baiting, but it sure doesn't mean everyone needs to think like I do. We all have our own opinions., and we all are some kind of human influence when we are out shooting. So long as we have respect for the animal or bird, there is no issue, but it can get out of hand., and I didn't see that happening while I was out with Jody and the guys., and it was fun.
Like Jody says, there is no right or wrong, its just a matter of opinion.
Sweet set Jody, one of your better and that says alot. Personal fav is #2 for its uniqueness. Shame it got sidetracked a bit, beautiful imagery is beautiful imagery.
, can you be sure and pick use up next Friday morning at the airport. 
We will have everything we need , I even have my own mice . 
Same print on it's forehead.
), trash or decides to wonder into the suburbs I'll be the first one to fill up my CF card...