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well, i headed to ottawa for 3 days this weekend to photograph this magnificent bird, the great gray owl. they normally live in northern and central canada, but in some years they come a bit further south and east. this shot made the 14-hour drive from boston > ottawa > boston well worth it (more shots are posted in the nature/wildlife forum). braving temps of -10F/-23C was easy with subjects like this. he's about 28 inches long with a wingspan of about 6 feet!

i hope you think he is as majestic as i do.....

cheers

dorian

great gray owl

Jan 28, 2013 at 09:02 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · #538 great gray owl - perfect timing!

Fantastic shot ! Good luck this week .

Birdie

Jan 29, 2013 at 12:47 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · #538 great gray owl - perfect timing!

What a great capture. Gonna be hard to compete with this one. Well done.

Jan 29, 2013 at 07:08 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · #538 great gray owl - perfect timing!

That is a really great shot! Well done.

Jan 29, 2013 at 07:57 AM

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Wow!! Great timing indeed Dorian and a shot of a lifetime! Owls are hard to spot let alone get a good capture. I have only seen a few from a distance on the ground while driving down the drive at night. We often hear them at night but they rarely come out at day. Years ago I was at a local park and one of the Rangers had an owl on his arm. The owl had been injured in the wild somehow and it was being nursed back to health. I asked to get a picture.

http://www.littlepawsontheprairie.com/fred-miranda/yellow eyed owl.jpg

Jan 29, 2013 at 07:59 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · #538 great gray owl - perfect timing!

^^^ great horned owl! they live all over north america. owls are everywhere, its just really hard to find them!

Jan 29, 2013 at 08:29 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · #538 great gray owl - perfect timing!

no kidding, we have one that lives in our neighborhood, we can hear him at night, and he did a fly by one night as I was coming down the driveway on foot...but other than that, we never see it...I keep hoping to...

Jan 29, 2013 at 08:34 AM