These are some Great Horned Owl chicks that someone at work led me to, I'll be going back for some better light soon. Just thought I'd share this with you folks.
Very cool Ed! I like how they look like they are trying to hide from you, especially in the first one where the little one on the left has one eye hidden.
Very cool, Ed!
Owls here are just starting to court - lots of evening calls. But I do not know how to find them in the daytime (or at night for that matter). How high up would they roost?
What a greta find!!! I can't wait to see your future shots of them.
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boy, they manage to stare you down no matter what their size, don't they? i love the shots. i have heard them calling to each other very close to our house (we are in the country) but i haven't been able to see a nest.
As mentioned, those two on the right look scared :uhoh I'm glad you shot this with a long lens and didn't get any closer
Good work!!
Steve
They didn't seem to scared Steve, maybe just cold... They are way up in the top of an old palm tree that people walk by every day. But don't worry I wouldn't jeapordize a nest...
They didn't seem to scared Steve, maybe just cold... They are way up in the top of an old palm tree that people walk by every day. But don't worry I wouldn't jeapordize a nest...
I know what a nature lover you are Ed So I never had a doubt that you made certain you didn't disturb the nest.
But, I thought it wouldn't hurt to post my comment for others that might take our "zoom with your feet" advice a bit too literally. As close as your shots and some of those hummer shots Desert Rat has been posting look to be, some folks might get the mistaken impression that for the sake of the shot, jeopardizing the welfare of the nest is OK. It isn't. You need a long lens instead
Steve
FWIW, like Canadian Ann, I hear those guys all night long (during my outside smoke breaks) and I just wish I could see one during daylight....lol
Uh, I used my 400 w a 1 1/4 extension today. I always use a long lens unless I want to stand way back and get a reflection of a tree or something. And then I use the 70-200 which some people think is long.
I am trying not to scare the birds so that I CAN get a photo of them, if I scare them, they leave!
The Ospreys, it is just in my head that they don't like me, I don't really know, but there is no way to walk with my feet up to that nest. If I get right under, I can't see a thing. I have to stand back. Today I parked across the highway. And at Magnolia, it is set up for people to take photos. If I am not taking them others are. I don't use flash with animals and or birds. In fact, I don't usually remember to use flash with anything...except church.
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Ed, I love those owl baby photos. It did not occur to me that you would have been a nest disturber.
I just love the baby owls. In fact I would love to see, in the wild, any owl, smile!
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Owls here are just starting to court - lots of evening calls. But I do not know how to find them in the daytime (or at night for that matter). How high up would they roost?
Can't wait to see more of those chicks.
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As mentioned, those two on the right look scared :uhoh I'm glad you shot this with a long lens and didn't get any closer
Good work!!
Steve
They didn't seem to scared Steve, maybe just cold... They are way up in the top of an old palm tree that people walk by every day. But don't worry I wouldn't jeapordize a nest...
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I know what a nature lover you are Ed
But, I thought it wouldn't hurt to post my comment for others that might take our "zoom with your feet" advice a bit too literally. As close as your shots and some of those hummer shots Desert Rat has been posting look to be, some folks might get the mistaken impression that for the sake of the shot, jeopardizing the welfare of the nest is OK. It isn't. You need a long lens instead
Steve
FWIW, like Canadian Ann, I hear those guys all night long (during my outside smoke breaks) and I just wish I could see one during daylight....lol
I am trying not to scare the birds so that I CAN get a photo of them, if I scare them, they leave!
The Ospreys, it is just in my head that they don't like me, I don't really know, but there is no way to walk with my feet up to that nest. If I get right under, I can't see a thing. I have to stand back. Today I parked across the highway. And at Magnolia, it is set up for people to take photos. If I am not taking them others are. I don't use flash with animals and or birds. In fact, I don't usually remember to use flash with anything...except church.
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Ed, I love those owl baby photos. It did not occur to me that you would have been a nest disturber.
I just love the baby owls. In fact I would love to see, in the wild, any owl, smile!
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