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These photos of a female great horned owl were taken at a new to me nest and preserve. Some of the people I met there felt that her eggs have hatched as we saw her with her head inside the tree hollow for quite a long time. I did not observe owlets yet when I arrived her tail was the only thing sticking out of the hole and it was 30 minutes till I saw her ears sticking up. The lighting was very tricky with her face in the shade or mostly in the shade yet part of the dead tree was illuminated by the sun. I exposed for the tree making it as bright as I could without lousing detail and then brought the owl up in post also adjusting the bright sky to look nicer. All images are crops.

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

X-H2S XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR lens 600mm f/8.0 1/340s 800 ISO +0.7 EV

2) Squirrel is served

X-H2S XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR lens 539mm f/8.0 1/500s 800 ISO 0.0 EV

3) Is she offering me some?

X-H2S XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR lens 600mm f/8.0 1/350s 1600 ISO +1.0 EV

Mar 30, 2024 at 12:53 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Great Horned Owl

Great shots Morris . Hopefully these urban owls don’t get over whelmed by big crowds like some of ours here do.

Dave

Mar 30, 2024 at 01:41 PM

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I'm envious Morris. For me it's been a slow owl season so far. The warm winter seems to have speed things up, I would guess we are a month ahead of normal schedule. I hope you will post more from this great find.

John

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Mar 30, 2024 at 02:43 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Great Horned Owl

Nice work on these, Morris

Mar 30, 2024 at 03:24 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Great Horned Owl

Nice work Morris

Mar 30, 2024 at 09:46 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Great Horned Owl

Wonderful set Morris, lovely detail.
Eric

Mar 30, 2024 at 11:03 PM

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Really nice shots Morris! I like the first one a lot, really unique.

Mar 31, 2024 at 06:53 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Great Horned Owl

Wow! Beautiful owl and photos

Mar 31, 2024 at 04:58 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Great Horned Owl

Nice Work!

Mar 31, 2024 at 05:13 PM

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Dave_E wrote:
Great shots Morris . Hopefully these urban owls don’t get over whelmed by big crowds like some of ours here do.

Dave

Thank you Dave,

They are in suburbia yet the nest is about 20 feet from a well traveled trail. I hear the chicks did well last year.

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johnohio wrote:
I'm envious Morris. For me it's been a slow owl season so far. The warm winter seems to have speed things up, I would guess we are a month ahead of normal schedule. I hope you we post more from this great find.

John

I'm so glad to find this nest as the lack of snowy owls and the local GHO don't seem to have nested or nested in a well hidden place. I'll go again in two weeks after we return from eclipse watching.

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psharvic wrote:
Nice work on these, Morris

Thank you Vic

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cs3is wrote:
Nice work Morris

Thank you Chris

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Erictator wrote:
Wonderful set Morris, lovely detail.
Eric

Thank you Eric

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Tim D. wrote:
Really nice shots Morris! I like the first one a lot, really unique.

Thank you Tim,
I was thrilled when I saw the owl peek out like that

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Sburst12 wrote:
Wow! Beautiful owl and photos

Thank you

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JonathanHunt wrote:
Nice Work!

Thank you Jon

Morris

Mar 31, 2024 at 09:40 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Great Horned Owl

Way to go, Morris! After looking carefully, I think I'd have to go for #1 as my favorite.

Greg

Mar 31, 2024 at 09:57 PM

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gmccroskery wrote:
Way to go, Morris! After looking carefully, I think I'd have to go for #1 as my favorite.

Greg

Thank you Greg,

Mine as well

Morris

Apr 02, 2024 at 06:04 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Great Horned Owl

These are all excellent images, but I particularly like the first one.

Dave

Apr 14, 2024 at 01:25 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Great Horned Owl

Fantastic set Morris. Love the last one.

Birdie

Apr 14, 2024 at 10:41 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Great Horned Owl

Great set

Bill

Apr 15, 2024 at 06:43 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Great Horned Owl

These are awesome! Very nicely handled in processing by you. Raw furry dinner offering

Karl

Apr 15, 2024 at 06:56 PM

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dclark wrote:
These are all excellent images, but I particularly like the first one.

Dave

Thank you Dave,

I'm fond of that one as well

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birdied wrote:
Fantastic set Morris. Love the last one.

Birdie

Thank you Roberta,
It's like an offering

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Pinballgov wrote:
Great set

Bill

Thank you Bill

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Karl Witt wrote:
These are awesome! Very nicely handled in processing by you. Raw furry dinner offering

Karl

Thank you Karl,

Today's offering was rabbit

Morris

Apr 15, 2024 at 07:08 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Great Horned Owl

Excellent captures Morris. 👍

Apr 15, 2024 at 07:11 PM

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Beautiful Morris, you are the man!

Apr 15, 2024 at 08:21 PM


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