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Rob McKay
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p.1 #1 · Kestrel Kill on an Owl Hunt (6)


We finally had some sun light today so went looking for the resident Long-eared owl this afternoon. Started out around 2:00 PM, it was windy and COLD, had to be -15c with the wind chill.
I arrived early and noticed a female Kestrel hunting along the hydro lines.

The out of focus dive!
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She hit ground hard and popped up through the grass with her prize.
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The death pinch!
She hauled it back up the line to finish the job..
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The look
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After this she took the mouse and stashed it in a pine tree, then carried on looking for more.

Oh yeah, we did find our Long-eared Owl, this time in some light.


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Edited on Jan 20, 2008 at 01:21 AM


Jan 20, 2008 at 01:20 AM
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p.1 #2 · Kestrel Kill on an Owl Hunt (6)


Rob, you definitely captured the action in #2 (poor mouse) and the owl looks great

Jan 20, 2008 at 01:58 AM
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p.1 #3 · Kestrel Kill on an Owl Hunt (6)


Thanks Maggie,
A few of the shots are not that great, but they do help tell the story so I through them in. Man o man, was that a fun outing!
Rob

Jan 20, 2008 at 03:47 AM
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Great sequence, Rob, and great captures, you and the kestrel both. Enjoyed.
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Jan 20, 2008 at 05:04 AM
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Rob,

I haven't seen you post in awhile > I've been away but check in > So nice to see you're post.

Great capture on the Kestrel > Shot number 2 Is KILLER!!
4 & 5 have some tuff lighting from the
side but still good shots.

The Long eared owl looks weird to me > I've never seen a long eared owl before. The picture looks stretched out vertically. Is this d/t resizing or is this how the bird looks naturally?? I think I've seen one other post of this owl and If I remember it looked the same way. Those eyes are intense.

So great job on number 2 and looks like you were in the right place at the right time >> The Mouse is in focus and I think the caption should read " Uh Oh!" Or something a little more adult in nature

Anthony

Jan 20, 2008 at 11:38 AM
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anthony whitmo wrote:
Rob,

I haven't seen you post in awhile > I've been away but check in > So nice to see you're post.

Great capture on the Kestrel > Shot number 2 Is KILLER!!
4 & 5 have some tuff lighting from the
side but still good shots.

The Long eared owl looks weird to me > I've never seen a long eared owl before. The picture looks stretched out vertically. Is this d/t resizing or is this how the bird looks naturally?? I think I've seen one other post of this owl and If I remember it looked the same way. Those eyes are intense.

So great job on number 2 and looks like you were in the right place at the right time >> The Mouse is in focus and I think the caption should read " Uh Oh!" Or something a little more adult in nature

Anthony

Thanks Anthony,
The Long-eared owls are very strange looking Anthony, even more so when in the flesh. A better name for them I think would be Long-Owl.
Thanks for you comments, appreciated,
Rob

Jan 20, 2008 at 02:49 PM
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Shasoc wrote:
Great sequence, Rob, and great captures, you and the kestrel both. Enjoyed.
Socrate

Thanks Socrate!
Rob

Jan 20, 2008 at 02:50 PM
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Super captures Rob, I really like #2, congrats on the Long-eared, I haven't seen one of those yet.

Doug

Jan 20, 2008 at 05:07 PM

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