The Whole family

Gallery: AvianPosted July 4, 20112,487 views39 comments

I spent th eafternoon yesterday with a family of Burrowing Owls and enjoyed every minute watching their antics and social life.
This is a photo of all the young ones lined up on the nest waiting for their next meal.

Canon 7D
Canon 500 f4 w/1.4tc
f8 1/1600

Comments

39 comments

Comment posted by Ron Huff on July 4, 2011 at 10:48 PM

Wow, what a awesome shot.

Ron Huff

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 4, 2011 at 10:54 PM

So cool to get eye contact from all of these birds - larger version is excellent

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on July 4, 2011 at 10:54 PM

Cute as they can be! wonderful family portrait.

Ray

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Comment posted by John Fan on July 4, 2011 at 10:56 PM

A big family!

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Comment posted by Verdon on July 4, 2011 at 11:08 PM

wow wow wow, my dream is to photograph them, can you tell me (or send me an email...) where did you found them, if it's secret I'll understand. STUNNING, congratulations

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on July 4, 2011 at 11:09 PM

This is so cool! Just a wonderful shot!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 4, 2011 at 11:22 PM

Simply awesome, Richard. Sweet light, too.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 4, 2011 at 11:40 PM

Great shot getting them to pose for the family portrait, Richard. Nice light and perfect dof for this image.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on July 5, 2011 at 12:39 AM

Too Cool!! Great family portrait. The little guy on the right is just too funny with those eyes. Super image.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 5, 2011 at 12:49 AM

Love the family portrait Richard! Great eye contact, light and perfect choice on DOF. BTW, Did you find this family at the "usual" spot?

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on July 5, 2011 at 12:52 AM

Terrific!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 5, 2011 at 3:03 AM

Exceptional!
While burrowing owls normally lay 8-9 eggs, I've never seen more than 3 chicks in a nest - this is wonderful I especially love the little guy on the right!.
Plus..great light and BG.
Fairly soft - likely a large crop - but still just GREAT.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Phillip Tomkinson on July 5, 2011 at 5:32 AM

Hi what a great image, very nice.

Phil.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on July 5, 2011 at 7:58 AM

Awesome frame, very nicely presented !!!
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Butch Lama on July 5, 2011 at 10:55 AM

Great sibling union...Awesome shot & beautiful light too.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on July 5, 2011 at 1:06 PM

Wow, I don't know what else to say!! It's as if all the birds have different personalities and are showing it in their expressions--kind of like an outlaw gang from the 1800s to me!! lol, well... that's just me!

Perfect Richard.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 5, 2011 at 1:11 PM

A wonderful family portrait Richard. To be able to see this many owl eyes in one shot is amazing.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on July 5, 2011 at 1:45 PM

What a great shot Richard and a great family portrait too.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on July 5, 2011 at 5:01 PM

Great light for this awesome family portrait!!! The humorous looking wide-eyed youngster in the lower right puts this one over the edge for me

Sweet Photo Richard

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 5, 2011 at 5:03 PM

Awesome to get them all lined up like this and the one in the upper right is the icing on the cake, great light too, congrats on a wonderful shot Richard.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 5, 2011 at 5:46 PM

Fine capture, Richard. Nice to get almost all of them looking at you.

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Comment posted by David Williams on July 5, 2011 at 5:48 PM

This is outstanding, Richard.......all lined up and eyes forward....amazing......love it.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on July 5, 2011 at 8:18 PM

Wow! Are there 8 birds there? Very well captured. Sharon

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on July 5, 2011 at 8:51 PM

Amazing image. You must be overwhelmed.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on July 6, 2011 at 5:34 AM

Great stuff!
Upper right one makes the shot.
JohnR

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 6, 2011 at 5:30 PM

What a real treat to find and photograph, excellent shot, way to go.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on July 6, 2011 at 6:11 PM

Thanks all for the kind comments. This was truely, one of those moments that are rare, and magic!
There are actually 8 owls in the photo, one is in the background between #3 & 4, and another one directly behind the bottom right owl. You can see the top of it's head directly behind the front owl, and it's body in the lower right side.

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Comment posted by Verdon on July 6, 2011 at 6:41 PM

I saw you been thankful for all your comments, that's nice! But I still don't have the answer , don't worry even "NO" would be polite ....

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Comment posted by Verdon on July 6, 2011 at 11:40 PM

Richard thank you very much for the email and your honesty...

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Comment posted by Danny Laredo on July 8, 2011 at 1:17 PM

Stunning family

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 8, 2011 at 5:01 PM

Wow, amazing, I dream of getting shots like that, it goes along with my dream of actually finding a Burrowing Owl.
May

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on July 13, 2011 at 6:29 PM

Beautiful! I will never forget those eyes.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 13, 2011 at 8:19 PM

Hey Richard, just saw you got the WP...Awesome and very well deserved!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 14, 2011 at 2:54 AM

Congrats on the fine WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 14, 2011 at 12:08 PM

Congrats Richard

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Comment posted by Mohammad Hosseini on July 15, 2011 at 6:08 AM

Richard, How did you get whole family line up for a portrait? I think they are tomato plant around them.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 15, 2011 at 6:18 AM

Everything has allready been said so I'll just add TRULY BEAUTIFUL, what a privilege to have such a sighting and better still being able to share it

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Comment posted by John Marley on July 15, 2011 at 8:27 AM

That is a very cool shot. Im jealous. I never seem to get any shot of a lifetime moments. lol Wouldnt change anything on this one.

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Comment posted by Sam Rua on August 14, 2011 at 10:33 PM

That's a great capture.

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