[LRflex] IMG: Short-eared Owl
- From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, LeicaReflex <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 09:34:40 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
I recently visited Plumas County California where several Short-eared Owls had
been reported. I ditched work on Friday (with boss's permission) and left
early on Thursday to catch the owls in evening light:
The owls were perched on roadside fence posts when I arrived. Traffic on the
road was very light, perhaps one vehicle every half hour, so I stopped the
truck in the wrong-way lane and made some photos out the driver's side window.
The locals are used to this sort of thing, even the highway patrol passed by
without a word.
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl00.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl01.html
Owls need a warmup before a night of hunting:
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl02.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl03.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl04.html
Once the sun dips below the horizon the hunt is on:
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl05.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl06.html
I caught up with the owl the following morning is the fog:
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl07.html
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl08.html
Once the fog burned off the owl dropped to the cover of a weedy roadside ditch.
The message I got here was "hey, napping going on here, enough with the
clicking!"
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl09.html
All photos: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO. Most with 1.4x APO-Extender-R, shoulder
stock & monopod. Last photo without extender, with tripod. All comments
welcome.
Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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