Short eared owl

steven-patrick in #hive-194913 • 4 days ago

Up high

Suprise birding find yesterday.

Side eye

We found several short eared owls flying and hunting over some open fields near Lake Champlain.

Mountains

We were headed to Lake Champlain to try some ice fishing but turned around and went back to the house for cameras.

Through trees

The owls were still there and still hunting an hour later when we returned.

Cleaning claw

I had never seen a short eared owl. We were considering a search for a snowy owl as they are sometimes seen along Lake Champlain but didn't due to no reported sightings recently.

Whatcha talkin bout Willis

We even saw a local Audubon Society staffer that stopped to check out the short eared owl and they confirmed no local sightings of the snowy owl this year 🙁

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phage93 4 days ago

wow it leaves us speechless
!discovery 35

steven-patrick 3 days ago

Thanks. It was cool to capture these shots.

phage93 3 days ago

I imagine also very difficult

alstonsjournal 4 days ago

Just love the wide angle shot! Keep it up!

steven-patrick 4 days ago

Thanks. I liked that framing

pardinus 4 days ago

Wowwwww!! I'm glad you did go back, amazing shots! It's so hard so see those species, let alone be able to catch them perching; even more, with a great background! !BBH

steven-patrick 4 days ago

Thanks. I loved the shots with the hazy purple mountains behind 🙂

pardinus 3 days ago

You should, they are stunning! I would frame stuff like this! :)

heroldius 3 days ago

Great shots of this owl...
My bird photos are always out of focus, or I just have the branch without the bird 😅

steven-patrick 3 days ago

Thanks. This owl was quite patient with getting its picture taken haha we saw it in the distance, drove up closer, took some pictures from car, got out, took some pictures, crossed road, took some pictures, walked through deep snow in ditch to the fence, took even more pictures. The owl never flew away.

heroldius 3 days ago

Surely an owl who trained as a model in his youth 😀

rentmoney 11 hours ago

Nice,

I was lucky enough to see one in the wild but never since.

steven-patrick 11 hours ago

Thanks this is the first time I have seen this owl

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littlebee4 4 days ago

Wow… so soooo beautiful.
Lucky you to catch it 🥰
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steven-patrick 3 days ago

Thanks. It was a cool encounter.

littlebee4 2 days ago

You are welcome, they are the best.
Have a nice Wednesday 😊

suarlex 4 days ago

Very cool view of the owl, you managed to take a very beautiful and focused photo of the owl, it's really amazing ❤️

steven-patrick 4 days ago

Thanks the owl let us get amazingly close

suarlex 3 days ago

It's amazing, I really like it❤️

maylink 4 days ago

Uff una belleza. Además que destreza para hacer esa captura tan bella.

steven-patrick 4 days ago

Gracias 🙏 🙏

goga22 4 days ago

Beautiful shots

steven-patrick 4 days ago

Thanks. Luck is good 👍 better than skill haha

goga22 4 days ago

😉 yeahhhhhh 😉

llag 4 days ago

We have Barn Owls living near us. I can see them hunting at dawn and dusk as i drive my car to our house but i can never manage to get photos of them. Congrats on such lovely photos !

steven-patrick 3 days ago

Thanks. Barn Owls are hard to capture 👍