Owl brooding: I was in Ephrata, PA yesterday to see a female Great Horned Owl which has been brooding since January 27. Babies are expected in in first week of March. I’ll be returning...

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

I was in Ephrata, PA yesterday to see a female Great Horned Owl which has been brooding since January 27. Babies are expected in in first week of March. I’ll be returning at least twice. The tree is across the stream that is shown below. The tree is alive and has a very large cavity and the Owls return every year at this time. The male was not seen while I was there. The owl yawned once but I missed the shot!

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PaulBrit Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon

That first photograph, the download, is beautiful!

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

Thanks very much.

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Very NICE catch ! - hope to see more .......thanks for sharing

SENSORLOUPE

ecobin wrote:

I was in Ephrata, PA yesterday to see a female Great Horned Owl which has been brooding since January 27. Babies are expected in in first week of March. I’ll be returning at least twice. The tree is across the stream that is shown below. The tree is alive and has a very large cavity and the Owls return every year at this time. The male was not seen while I was there. The owl yawned once but I missed the shot!

Super!! I love the #2 Lazy shot

BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

ecobin wrote:

I was in Ephrata, PA yesterday to see a female Great Horned Owl which has been brooding since January 27. Babies are expected in in first week of March. I’ll be returning at least twice. The tree is across the stream that is shown below. The tree is alive and has a very large cavity and the Owls return every year at this time. The male was not seen while I was there. The owl yawned once but I missed the shot!

Love photo's that express the camouflage ability of animals. Your first photo does that exceedingly well. I have a picture of a yellow finch eating seeds on a yellow sunflower and he is almost invisible. Who'da thunk a bright yellow bird was in camo?

Darren01 Loc: Fallbrook California

PaulBrit wrote:

That first photograph, the download, is beautiful!

I'll second that, Great shots!!

norm70 Loc: Maine

Wonderful shots...Thanks for sharing

Marianne M Banks Loc: Anacortes WA

What a fantastic opportunity to watch this nest. I love the first shot especially.
I’m looking forward to seeing more of the family pictures later.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Great set Elliot.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

An excellent set, Elliot. Looking forward to photos of the chicks.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent set, Elliott!

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

imagemeister wrote:

Very NICE catch ! - hope to see more .......thanks for sharing

Thank you Larry. It's about an hour drive - I'll get out there at end of February and then every week or so as the chicks grow - will be posting.

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

SENSORLOUPE wrote:

Super!! I love the #2 Lazy shot

Thanks so much. The spot isn't well known except by the locals - there were two photographers there when I arrived.

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

BigDaddy wrote:

Love photo's that express the camouflage ability of animals. Your first photo does that exceedingly well. I have a picture of a yellow finch eating seeds on a yellow sunflower and he is almost invisible. Who'da thunk a bright yellow bird was in camo?

When she looked at her eggs and then back, her back feathers shown which is what is captured in #3. That really shows the camo. When I got there I couldn't see her until I looked through my lens!