Great Gray Owl
Dec 12, 2017 13:25:21 #
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Loc: WA
SWFeral wrote:
Such amazing-looking owls! Do they mostly live up north?
Parts of the northern US are the southern end of their range. They live in areas of several northwest states, but my only encounters have been in Yellowstone. They're really tall, make a Great Horned owl look squat. The first one I ran into was sitting on a waist high stump no more than 50 feet away. I had stopped to rest and didn't pick him (her?) out initially. Enjoying the quiet for perhaps a minute, I nearly came out of my skin when I met the eye-level gaze of this big gray forest shape. The owl gave me 10 or 15 seconds and silently filtered away through the trees.
Dec 12, 2017 13:42:10 #
LakeGal wrote:
I captured these beauties this past weekend.
Great shot of a great owl. The only time I see live ones is when I visit the raptor center at the Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences in Woodstock. Used a photo of one that I took there in a composite with the harvest moon. A picture that my cousin appropriated when she saw it.
Bud
Dec 12, 2017 14:18:05 #
LakeGal wrote:
I captured these beauties this past weekend.
beautiful shots. i hear owls often in the woods around us, and even heard
one hooting on a tree in front of the house one cold night recently, but haven't seen one yet.
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LakeGal wrote:
I captured these beauties this past weekend.
Excellent!
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LakeGal wrote:
I captured these beauties this past weekend.
Fantastic images!!!!!!
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Dec 13, 2017 02:37:05 #
LakeGal wrote:
I captured these beauties this past weekend.
Whooooo you looking at?
very nice.
mrbill
Dec 13, 2017 08:17:36 #
Really wonderful capture of a beautiful owl. Was this in daylight? I've been hearing the Great Horned Owls in our woods for a few weeks now hooting away but only at dawn or dusk.
Dec 13, 2017 19:23:50 #
LizzyFin wrote:
Really wonderful capture of a beautiful owl. Was this in daylight? I've been hearing the Great Horned Owls in our woods for a few weeks now hooting away but only at dawn or dusk.
These were taken mid-morning--probably around 10 AM. We're lucky to have them in an area called the Sax-Zim Bog in northeastern MN. On the same day there were Northern Hawk Owls, but I didn't get any post worthy images.
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