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Archive 2023 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

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p.1 #1 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

This Short-eared Owl was sitting on the ground. It started walking through the grass, stalking like a cat would. It went quite a distance. When it stopped, it saw/heard its prey and leaped like a cat pouncing on a Townsend's Vole. It wasn't hungry, so it cached its prey in higher grass. Then it immediately started hunting again, just like before. Within 4 minutes, it had caught another vole and proceeded to cache it too.
The plus is my wood carved Northern Hawk Owl. Images 10 and 11 had their background replaced with the background that I had photographed in the real bird image,12, which was my inspiration. The carving depicts the owl just landing, head up hunting and acquiring balance on the thin tree top.
Rex

ILCE-9 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 725mm f/9.0 1/3200s 500 ISO -1.3 EV

2 Creeping along.

ILCE-9 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 587mm f/9.0 1/2500s 400 ISO -1.3 EV

ILCE-9 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 725mm f/9.0 1/3200s 500 ISO -1.3 EV

4 The leap.

ILCE-9 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 725mm f/9.0 1/4000s 800 ISO -1.3 EV

ILCE-9 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 679mm f/9.0 1/4000s 800 ISO -1.3 EV

6 Success

ILCE-9 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 690mm f/9.0 1/5000s 1000 ISO -1.3 EV

ILCE-9 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 694mm f/9.0 1/5000s 800 ISO -1.3 EV

8 Time for another

ILCE-9 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 664mm f/9.0 1/3200s 500 ISO -1.3 EV

9 Northern Hawk Owl

ILCE-9 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens 404mm f/6.3 1/40s 100 ISO -1.3 EV

10 Replaced bg.

ILCE-9 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens 338mm f/7.1 1/40s 100 ISO -2.0 EV

11 Replaced bg.

ILCE-9 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens 600mm f/7.1 1/40s 100 ISO -2.0 EV

12 The real bird relaxed on the branch

Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF300mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x III lens 420mm f/6.3 1/2000s 1250 ISO 0.0 EV

Dec 02, 2023 at 01:18 PM

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p.1 #2 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

Rex,

Great set and capture, also great job on the sculpture, beautiful

Chris S.

Dec 02, 2023 at 01:32 PM

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p.1 #3 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

Wonderful shots and incredible carving. Excellent on both !

John

Dec 02, 2023 at 02:39 PM

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p.1 #4 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

Well done capture and carving.

Dec 02, 2023 at 03:13 PM

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p.1 #5 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

3, 4, 6, 9, 11 and 12 are my picks from this quality set

Morris

Dec 02, 2023 at 04:44 PM

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p.1 #6 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

Nice set. #9 would have been spectacular if stare was on point

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p.1 #7 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

Great Rex you got some nice shots of the SEO on the ground.

Dave

Dec 02, 2023 at 08:49 PM

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p.1 #8 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

Amazing set Rex and the carving is spectacular-very well done!
Ken

Dec 03, 2023 at 12:43 AM

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p.1 #9 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

Great shots Rex !

Ronny

Dec 03, 2023 at 01:14 AM

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p.1 #10 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

Super shots Rex, very well done.

Dec 03, 2023 at 01:17 AM

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p.1 #11 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

You captured the essence of the hunt amazingly well, and your carved owl would prolly scare the birds from bombing our cars way better than my plastic owl, heh. Great work!
Eric

Dec 03, 2023 at 09:26 AM

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p.1 #12 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

csinseattle wrote:
Rex,

Great set and capture, also great job on the sculpture, beautiful

Chris S.
Thanks much Chris

Dec 03, 2023 at 01:16 PM

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p.1 #13 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

Beautiful set in all !!! The A9 still has it when in capable hands.

Dec 03, 2023 at 02:01 PM

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p.1 #14 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

johnohio wrote:
Wonderful shots and incredible carving. Excellent on both !

John

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Ryk Naves wrote:
Well done capture and carving.
Thank you both.
Rex

Dec 04, 2023 at 02:14 AM

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p.1 #15 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

morris wrote:
3, 4, 6, 9, 11 and 12 are my picks from this quality set

Morris
Thanks Morris. Appreciate the picks.
Rex

Dec 04, 2023 at 07:36 PM

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p.1 #16 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

beautiful images and carving, Rex. When raptors actually walk, they often remind me of the creatures in Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, and your owl is no exception

Gero

Dec 04, 2023 at 07:42 PM

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p.1 #17 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

cs3is wrote:
Nice set. #9 would have been spectacular if stare was on point

Thank you. I didn't want to post too many with the same look, #11. Cheers.

Dec 05, 2023 at 01:22 PM

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p.1 #18 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

Dave_E wrote:
Great Rex you got some nice shots of the SEO on the ground.

Dave
Thank you Dave. It was different hunting from what we normally see.
Rex

Dec 06, 2023 at 11:51 AM

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p.1 #19 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

cavuken wrote:
Amazing set Rex and the carving is spectacular-very well done!
Ken
Thanks much Ken.
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Ronny Olsson wrote:
Great shots Rex !

Ronny
Thank you, too. Ronny

Rex

Dec 06, 2023 at 10:49 PM

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p.1 #20 · Hunting like a cat, plus N Hawk owl

You carved this owl? Kudos to your art/craft Rex

What an amazing encounter, fantastic ground images and captures!! Awesome I'm a bit envious

Karl

Dec 07, 2023 at 11:16 AM

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