Night birds...

BigAl · April 2, 2008

... in the day.

A pair of Spotted Eagle Owls in the open (Ok, it was heavily overcast and drizzling

) - taken at ISO 1600 and F6.3

The find of the trip for me, a Fierynecked Nightjar...

Absolutely amazing camo...

ysr612 · April 2, 2008

great shots

I love nightjars from nighthawks on down.

Harryb · April 2, 2008

Excellent Al.

I don't know how you even detected that nightjar.

Maestro · April 2, 2008

It's incredible how camouflaged those nightjars are! We have very similar looking ones in the US. That first shot is a very nice of the owl and the camera handled the low light well.

dbaker1221 · April 2, 2008

geez Al how'd you even see the 2nd one

raptorcaptor · April 2, 2008

Very cool find! Good shooting Big Al!

BigAl · April 2, 2008

ysr612 wrote:

great shots

I love nightjars from nighthawks on down.

Thanks!

BigAl · April 2, 2008

Harryb wrote:

Excellent Al. I don't know how you even detected that nightjar.

Thanks Harry. Total luck finding it - I was taking pics of my BiL doing some macro work and as I turned around it caught my eye.

jwear · April 3, 2008

vwey nice the nightjar is a great find

BigAl · April 3, 2008

Maestro wrote:

It's incredible how camouflaged those nightjars are! We have very similar looking ones in the US. That first shot is a very nice of the owl and the camera handled the low light well.

Thanks Stephen! The more I use the 40d, the more I like its capabilities.

Giphsub · April 3, 2008

Very cool captures BigAl

That little nightjar is a cute bird! And I agree, very well spotted!

PrescottPhotog · April 3, 2008

BigAl wrote:

... in the day.

A pair of Spotted Eagle Owls in the open (Ok, it was heavily overcast and drizzling ) - taken at ISO 1600 and F6.3

Hi Al, What an amazing bird huh !! I would never have spotted it either. Good capture..

BigAl · April 4, 2008

dbaker1221 wrote:

geez Al how'd you even see the 2nd one

Thanks Dave - found by total luck!

BigAl · April 4, 2008

raptorcaptor wrote:

Very cool find! Good shooting Big Al!

Thanks Glenn

summerz · April 4, 2008

These are great, Owls are so majestic.

And I don't know that I have ever seen the other one, thanks.

BigAl · April 5, 2008

jwear wrote:

vwey nice the nightjar is a great find

Thanks Jeff - it was an exciting find - almost like finding a raptor on a decent perch in good light

BigAl · April 5, 2008

Giphsub wrote:

Very cool captures BigAl That little nightjar is a cute bird! And I agree, very well spotted!

Thanks Mike!

BigAl · April 5, 2008

PrescottPhotog wrote:

Hi Al, What an amazing bird huh !! I would never have spotted it either. Good capture..

Thanks Chris - luck counts

BigAl · April 6, 2008

summerz wrote:

These are great, Owls are so majestic.
And I don't know that I have ever seen the other one, thanks.

Thanks! The nightjars are around, just very difficult to spot in the day

Ric Grupe · April 6, 2008

I like that first owl, Al.

BigAl · April 7, 2008

Ric Grupe wrote:

I like that first owl, Al.

Thanks Ric!

dadwtwins · April 7, 2008

Capturing a nightjar is awesome. Great find

BigAl · April 7, 2008

dadwtwins wrote:

Capturing a nightjar is awesome. Great find

Thanks! You're right, it is special!

canucklehead_7 · April 7, 2008

Wow! The camouflage on the Nightjar is amazing! Great shots, and it's a wonder you even found it....Don

BigAl · April 8, 2008

canucklehead_7 wrote:

Wow! The camouflage on the Nightjar is amazing! Great shots, and it's a wonder you even found it....Don

Thanks! As I said finding it was luck. Actually it's only the second time I've found a nightjar that wasn't calling.

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