Northern Hawk Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted December 16, 2013233 views10 comments

I received a message this AM about a Northern Hawk Owl about 10 miles south of my home in VT. It was about 8F with winds around 15kts when I arrived. Got permission from the farmer to enter his property and slogged through some freshly fallen snow to get this image. This is the first Northern spotted in Vermont this year that I'm aware of. We had one three years ago that spent the winter-one can only hope that's the case with this guy.

D3s
500mm f/4
TC-14E II
1/800s @ f/7.1
ISO 1000
EV 0
Gitzo w/ Wimberley II

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on December 16, 2013 at 6:58 PM

Awesome birds - well worth the cold weather to get this image.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on December 16, 2013 at 7:06 PM

Really nice image! Good comp and I like the windblown, ruffed look. Nice bg and the one leaf left gives a nice sense of time of year. Sharon

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 16, 2013 at 8:25 PM

Excellent. Nice having it that close, and definitely worth the effort.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 16, 2013 at 10:31 PM

Nice comp and like the gray tone color palate

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on December 17, 2013 at 1:04 AM

Nice one Charles - like the eye contact and your composition

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 17, 2013 at 7:02 AM

Very good job here Charles, great eye contact & comp.
Congratulations on getting a this shot of this elusive owl!

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on December 17, 2013 at 7:39 AM

Congratulations, Charles. I share your excitement in that I had the good fortune to be able to photograph one of these owls about 10 days ago. I like the fluffed up feathers. These guys are so much fun to watch. As I look at this image, I am thinking of the possibilities if the branch over his back was removed.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 17, 2013 at 11:17 AM

Lovely light and setting ! Congrats ! Hans

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 17, 2013 at 6:38 PM

Awesome bird, posing nicely for you Chuck. I like the wonderful wintery feel to this photo.

A Beauty!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 18, 2013 at 1:25 PM

Nice job on this one, Chuck. Worth all your efforts to get such a good image.

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