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dclark wrote:
Great set of images! The ones you added are also superb.
I like to photograph owls too, but I rarely see one, let alone when there is enough light to get a shot. Congratulations on accumulating such an excellent set of images.
Dave
Thanks for the kind words Dave. I feel lucky when I can find Owls in situations where I can also photograph them. Sometimes it's just luck and time out in the field hiking and looking around but like so much wildlife I've found most of the Owls I've photographed focusing on the basics: Feeding and Breeding.
Finding a nest in season or sometimes an empty nest in the winter when they're easier to spot and then checking up on it as nesting season gets under way has worked pretty well for me. Sometimes they'll keep using the same nest for several seasons but other years they trash the nest and move on the following year.
Here's one of the first nests I photographed almost 20 years ago, I came across the empty nest while out cross country skiing in January where it stood out with a big crown of snow on it and no birds in sight. But I checked back a couple of times as spring approached and sure enough this Great Horned Owl nested and produced three chicks from that nest and used the same nest for a couple more years until a wind storm took it down one fall.
Great Horned Owl, Wyoming - Nikon D1H, 600mm f/5.6 P lens
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