Blind Interruption
by Dennis Plank
Two days ago I went back out to the blind just before lunch because we still had favorable light and when I did this fledgling Barn Owl flushed and flew to the line of firs at the back of our property and stayed there until dark. We have a Barn Owl box facing the copse where the blind is and when they fledge, they often choose it as a daytime roost. This year the parents were very circumspect and we had about given up on having a brood. It turned out that this one's sibling was also in the the copse trees so I stayed out of the area yesterday. It looks like they've dispersed as I checked it today and didn't find any owls. Usually, once all the young have fledged, the parents take them elsewhere to teach them how to hunt.
7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, tripod and ballhead. f/10, 1/800, iso 640, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1 EV. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped from a horizontal original to a 7.7 MP 4x5 vertical. I removed one very distracting branch to the right of the bird.
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Comments
9 commentsI've seen plenty of owls, but I have yet to see a Barn owl around here. Some day soon, I hope.
Max
A Beauty!
I would just be repeating what every one has already said, nice work.
Peter