This set is from September 2019. The owls at this location some 25 minutes away from me were cooperating and I just bought a new lens. So, I ended up spending a lot of time there . Well, what would a retiree do anyway otherwise, right?
For 2 months or so, I observed their behavior; the way they interacted with each other, their way of hunting and catching their food mid-air and then bringing the prey back to the area near their burrow, enjoying their food to even "regurgitating" or secreting the food remains . I learned a lot and frankly I enjoyed the experience and they easily became my favorite wildlife target last year, as the year before, too. After getting familiar with their behavior, the chance of capturing selected moments became easier than trying to do that in the dark, well, somewhat easier, as this guy can fly fast and erratically.
Here is this guy that just caught a June bug mid-air on its way back to the burrow. On this particular "sortie", I did miss the catching part, although I did get that in some others, but leave out a few earlier frames here and the area near this particular burrow is quite heavily vegetated and he was obstructed at the end. I love the intense look of the owl.
Thank you for looking and please feel free to leave any feedback,
Joshua
Jan 25, 2020 at 09:43 AM
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. Well, what would a retiree do anyway otherwise, right?