Peckers, Hooters,Butts and BIFs

ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
edited March 22, 2005 in Wildlife
Well today started with a Magpie BIF (yawn)
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Then progressed in butt shots of a Woodpecker
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Then I found a makeshift home for a couple of Great Horned Owls.
Peeka Boo
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Eeek! Look at those talons I hope Momma does not mind my presence too much.
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Here's Pappa I think or maybe Momma:dunno

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Dam branch well I slowly move to my left and... I got me a BIF(Bird IN Flight)

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Okay time to leave them alone I could here their hatchlings mewing in the nest.

I shall return another day and hopefully be again blessed by these Owls


Tim

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    heheh great thread title, great pics lol3.gif
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  • windozewindoze Registered Users Posts: 2,830 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    i think owls are awesome. and i think your story and images are GREAT! i hope you show more soon.....



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    I shall return another day and hopefully be again blessed by these Owls


    Tim[/QUOTE]
  • ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    andy wrote:
    heheh great thread title, great pics lol3.gif
    Thanks andy with my POTD, 4labs, and finding these owls, today has been a stellar day!
    windoze wrote:
    think owls are awesome. and i think your story and images are GREAT! i hope you show more soon.....
    I think owls are awesome as well and I hope to be able to post and find more andd better shots.


    Cheers

    Tim
  • KirwinKirwin Registered Users Posts: 417 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    Well you got my attention... Your "cleavage" image (#3) is quite interesting.rolleyes1.gif Great series. Thanks for sharin'.
    Regards,
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    rolleyes1.gif This is great!

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  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    Great Shots Tim thumb.gif
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  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    Awesome set. I really enjoyed them and the progression.
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    Yep Owls are making a run on Egrets these days rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif

    Really nice #3 and the last one, nice capture thumb.gif
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited March 20, 2005
    Very nice tour today Shakey. Was that a real owl hiding in the cleavage or are you putting us on? :D That was a great shot!! thumb.gif
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  • ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    pathfinder wrote:
    Very nice tour today Shakey. Was that a real owl hiding in the cleavage or are you putting us on? :D That was a great shot!! thumb.gif
    No put on its the real deal.
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    Tim
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2005
    I so envy you "who" find owls. And I thought they were only out at night.

    I saw the photos of your KPOTD: Looked great up there.

    Congratulations...............uh, you could send me some owls, too.

    ginger
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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2005
    WOW, and WOW again!

    The owl pics are really great! I have some reallt close to our house - I've seen and heard them, just not been able to get close or find their hang out.


    And thats not any woody, either, but a sap sucker - maybe yellow bellied... I have only ever seen them once!

    Great day!
    Congrats on the KPOTD.

    And did you see the message to you in wide angle?

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2005
    I name thee....'Owl King' thumb.gif
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
    edited March 21, 2005
    those are some awesome shots. I was just reading the owl story in NG from 2 months ago (damn I'm behind on those), and was thinking how cool it would be to see them in the wild - but the article dashed all my hopes, about how hard it is, and how much they dislike humans, etc... And here's shakey with a handful of great shots!!! thumb.gif


    But, um, I'm still looking for the hooters???
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2005
    Nice pics. I'm hoping to see pics of the young owls.

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  • johnojohno Registered Users Posts: 617 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2005
    Great shots... I really love the owl in the make shift home. Great shot. thumb.gif

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  • ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2005
    Thanks for looking and commenting everyone. It was a lucky find.
    And I hope to find some more interesting species there this summer.

    As for getting a picture of the baby owls ... not untill they leave the nest I do not want to disturb the nest so I will stay a respectable distance away.

    Tim
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,963 moderator
    edited March 21, 2005
    Shakey,

    These are pretty cool shots!

    I gather they're in your backyard (more or less)?

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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited March 21, 2005
    Tim,

    What a day thumb.gifthumb.gif

    Those Owl shots are super clap.gifclap.gif The woodpecker shot is also very nice clap.gif

    Well hell, they're all nice.....Laughing.gif

    Good work and you've got some very photogenic visitors close by :D I would love to see some Owlets, but don't put yourself in jeopardy :uhoh As you say, those talons are huge and razor sharp :eek1

    Thanks for sharing,
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  • ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    Shakey,

    These are pretty cool shots!

    I gather they're in your backyard (more or less)?

    Ian
    About a 5 minute drive away.
  • ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2005
    Ann McRae wrote:
    WOW, and WOW again!

    The owl pics are really great! I have some reallt close to our house - I've seen and heard them, just not been able to get close or find their hang out.


    And thats not any woody, either, but a sap sucker - maybe yellow bellied... I have only ever seen them once!

    Great day!
    Congrats on the KPOTD.

    And did you see the message to you in wide angle?

    ann
    Thanks Ann and also thanks for the ID on the WP!
    Yes I saw your message in WA:):
  • ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2005
    DoctorIt wrote:
    those are some awesome shots. I was just reading the owl story in NG from 2 months ago (damn I'm behind on those), and was thinking how cool it would be to see them in the wild - but the article dashed all my hopes, about how hard it is, and how much they dislike humans, etc... And here's shakey with a handful of great shots!!! thumb.gif


    But, um, I'm still looking for the hooters???
    Doc I got lucky however if you go to http://photography-on-the.net/ and go to the canon forums
    and check the nature wildlife there are some of great grey owls that a couple of photographers found and shot a lot of.
    http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=62062
    Good Stuff

    Tim
  • ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2005
    Here is a color version of the makeshift nest.

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    I wish I got more in focus. I was fixated on the owls eyes.


    Tim
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,963 moderator
    edited March 22, 2005
    Shakey wrote:
    About a 5 minute drive away.
    Sweet!

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2005
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    That BIF (the owl) is amazing.
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