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A morning with Short Eared Owls

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The Short-eard Owl one of my favorite birds at this time of year, I wait all year for this time when the owls start making their appearances. I was fortunate this year and found a decent field where they were active mostly in the late afternoons. Not wanting to miss any action I got there plenty early in hopes that the owls would be out early on this morning. Well, I wasn't disappointed they were out and very active, but it was a 45 minute period of time in the early afternoon that proved to be the sweet time. One owl made numerous passes very close out in front and then dropped out of the sky like a rock and nabbed a vole. The show was on then, here's few of the shots I got during that sequence of actions.

ILCE-1 FE 600mm F4 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 840mm f/5.6 1/2500s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

ILCE-1 FE 600mm F4 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 840mm f/5.6 1/3200s 5000 ISO +0.7 EV

ILCE-1 FE 600mm F4 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 840mm f/5.6 1/2500s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

Jan 07, 2023 at 12:07 PM

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Wow!! Fantastic series. Those yellow eyes sure stand out and you did a great job capturing them. Glad owls are on the job keeping rats in check.

I live in Lake Stevens and would love to see these guys. If you wouldn't mind a PM on location I'd appreciate it.

Jan 07, 2023 at 12:31 PM

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Beautiful images Louie. Well done.

Henrik

Jan 07, 2023 at 01:21 PM

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Fabulous set, Louie!

Jan 07, 2023 at 01:30 PM

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Outstanding series, Louie!

Gero

Jan 07, 2023 at 02:58 PM

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Beauties, Louie. One was all you needed.

Tony

Jan 07, 2023 at 06:45 PM

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Beautiful images of a difficult bird to photograph. Well done Louie !

John

Jan 07, 2023 at 07:37 PM

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Great looking series Louie.

Jan 07, 2023 at 08:02 PM

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Wow Louie, this is one impressive series!

Morris

Jan 07, 2023 at 09:22 PM

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Ditto the Wow! Wonderful series Louie!

Bob

Jan 08, 2023 at 12:03 AM

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Great stuff Louie. It must have been a real treat to capture such action in good light.

Ed

Jan 08, 2023 at 04:04 AM

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Fine work, Louie. The last two tell the story.

Jan 08, 2023 at 07:05 AM

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Jim Dockery wrote:
Wow!! Fantastic series. Those yellow eyes sure stand out and you did a great job capturing them. Glad owls are on the job keeping rats in check.

I live in Lake Stevens and would love to see these guys. If you wouldn't mind a PM on location I'd appreciate it.
Thanks very much Jim, these were taken up North of Seattle, I'll PM you.
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hnilsson wrote:
Beautiful images Louie. Well done.

Henrik
Appreciate it Henrik, thanks.
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YEG-Photog wrote:
Fabulous set, Louie!

Thanks very much.

Jan 08, 2023 at 11:12 AM

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A awesome set my friend !

Ronny

Jan 08, 2023 at 11:21 AM

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Wow Louie what a great set of images. The shorties are one of my favourites. These shots are sweet. Sharp as a tack with beautiful backgrounds.

Dave

Jan 08, 2023 at 02:22 PM

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Excellent series!!! Love Love the light and the action!

Jan 08, 2023 at 03:54 PM

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What a beauty.

One question about shorted eared owl - does it appear more often at dawn or dusk? I tried a few times at dusk and didn't have much success. I wonder if morning time is better...

Jan 08, 2023 at 06:25 PM

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gerov wrote:
Outstanding series, Louie!

Gero
Appreciate it, thank you Gero.
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Imagemaster wrote:
Beauties, Louie. One was all you needed.

Tony
Thanks very much Tony.
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johnohio wrote:
Beautiful images of a difficult bird to photograph. Well done Louie !

John
Thanks very much John.

Jan 08, 2023 at 10:30 PM

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Terrific set of the owl on the hunt! Great photos, what a treat to see.

Jan 08, 2023 at 11:35 PM

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Wow! Each image is a prize winner. As a sequence they are amazing.

Dave

Jan 09, 2023 at 12:01 AM

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