UK short eared owls: Patience is a virtue. I have been visiting a couple of locations where I saw these elusive creatures last year with no luck starting in early January. Yesterday at...

BigAl Loc: Lincs UK

Patience is a virtue. I have been visiting a couple of locations where I saw these elusive creatures last year with no luck starting in early January. Yesterday at last I had half an hour of pure magic.
Well worth the wait. As a bonus a Barn owl was also showing, pics to follow in my next post

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Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

BigAl wrote:

Patience is a virtue. I have been visiting a couple of locations where I saw these elusive creatures last year with no luck starting in early January. Yesterday at last I had half an hour of pure magic.
Well worth the wait. As a bonus a Barn owl was also showing, pics to follow in my next post

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Whatever happens, don't give up - stick with it ! .......thanks for sharing

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

BigAl wrote:

Patience is a virtue. I have been visiting a couple of locations where I saw these elusive creatures last year with no luck starting in early January. Yesterday at last I had half an hour of pure magic.
Well worth the wait. As a bonus a Barn owl was also showing, pics to follow in my next post

An outstanding sequence of beautiful shots

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Excellent.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Wow! Thanks for sharing, Al. An unusual pose in that last one.

tcthome Loc: NJ

BigAl Loc: Lincs UK

Manglesphoto wrote:

Thanks

BigAl Loc: Lincs UK

imagemeister wrote:

Whatever happens, don't give up - stick with it ! .......thanks for sharing

How could I, even brief encounters lift the spirits

BigAl Loc: Lincs UK

joecichjr wrote:

An outstanding sequence of beautiful shots

Thanks for the kind comment

BigAl Loc: Lincs UK

kpmac wrote:

Excellent.

Thanks for looking

BigAl Loc: Lincs UK

UTMike wrote:

Wow! Thanks for sharing, Al. An unusual pose in that last one.

My pleasure, so pleased to be able to share these shots.

BigAl Loc: Lincs UK

tcthome wrote:

Thanks

taffspride Loc: Originally Wales, now the Sunshine State

BigAl wrote:

Patience is a virtue. I have been visiting a couple of locations where I saw these elusive creatures last year with no luck starting in early January. Yesterday at last I had half an hour of pure magic.
Well worth the wait. As a bonus a Barn owl was also showing, pics to follow in my next post

What a great set. Worth the wait.

Iechyd da

Ann

jimvanells Loc: Augusta, GA

Great action shots!