The Owls set: Folks, here are some owls that the gracious Park Rangers at Reelfoot Lake brought out for us to photograph. These are all recuperating from injuries of some sort. Sadly...

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Mar 2, 2014 19:48:51 #

James56 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

Folks, here are some owls that the gracious Park Rangers at Reelfoot Lake brought out for us to photograph. These are all recuperating from injuries of some sort. Sadly the last owl in the set is a young screech owl that was hit by a car. The vet seems to think it may never be able to live in the wild again.

Great Horned Owl

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Barred Owl

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Juvenile Screech Owl

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Mar 2, 2014 19:52:35 #

moose19

:thumbup: :thumbup: some great shots

Mar 2, 2014 19:53:25 #

ReFlections Loc: From LA to AL

J.. outstanding. beautiful color and detail

Mar 2, 2014 19:58:17 #

John Lawrence

Compelling shots, James. Number three certainly tells a sad story.

John

Mar 2, 2014 20:00:57 #

jeanbug35 Loc: Jonesboro AR

These are great!

Mar 2, 2014 20:02:25 #

James56 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

John Lawrence wrote:

Compelling shots, James. Number three certainly tells a sad story.

John

Indeed very sad John, the ranger told us that the vet said it was showing signs of brain damage. It may not be able to recover enough to forage on it's own and may not fully understand how to keep itself safe from predictors.

Mar 2, 2014 20:04:43 #

James56 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

jeanbug35 wrote:

These are great!

Yes Jean...the park rangers were a great bunch. They knew we wanted photogenic shots, so the birds were placed on perches or in the case of the last one...inside a hole in a tree.

Mar 2, 2014 20:05:12 #

James56 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

moose19 wrote:

:thumbup: :thumbup: some great shots

Thank you Kindly

Mar 2, 2014 20:05:52 #

James56 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

CrispColors wrote:

J.. outstanding. beautiful color and detail

Well Thank you...

Mar 2, 2014 20:16:24 #

Treepusher Loc: Kingston, Massachusetts

Superb, Bird Man. So sad about the juvenile. Most birds and animals don't benefit from contact with humans and our machines. Hope he can recover.

Mar 2, 2014 20:28:59 #

James56 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

Treepusher wrote:

Superb, Bird Man. So sad about the juvenile. Most birds and animals don't benefit from contact with humans and our machines. Hope he can recover.

Ha..Yea quite a change from the little Chickadees and Titmouse I was shooting last week. Had a blast though. It was kinda sad about the little owl...but the little guy is being taken care of. He'll be a favorite for all the grade school kids to see when they visit the center.

Mar 2, 2014 20:56:44 #