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Kerb crawling Little Owl.

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Posted by Major Gilbert on June 21, 2009 at 4:49 AM
Kerb crawling Little Owl.
D2X's + 600mm AFS II + 1.4 Conv.
1/90 @ f5.6.
Ex Comp -0.7EV.
ISO: 400.
WB Shade.

Yesterday evening there had been a bit of a down pour.
Found my Little Owl on the road and staring intently at the grass verges. Every now and then he would dive into the verge and I can only assume it was earth worms brought to the surface due to the rainfall. Accompaning him was a very distraught Yellowhammer.
I tried to grab his/her attention to no avail.
I whistled, I squeaked and I even talked but the subject was having none of it.
Taken with the car door open on a bean bag.
Norfolk and its wild.

Major
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on June 21, 2009 at 6:32 AM
Beautiful shot Major and thanks for the nice little story
it makes it easy to imagine your funny behavior watching this birds behavior :wink:
:wavey:
Bertl
Posted by Tom Smit on June 21, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Funny story and a very nice shot of this owl.
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Graham Goddard on June 21, 2009 at 10:14 AM
At least you've had some rain Major - are the pools at Salthouse still dry ?
Posted by Major Gilbert on June 21, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Havn't been lately Graham. Don't usually visit at this time as its tooo busy.
Thanks for comments and pleased you all saw the funny side. If you could have seen the bird perform you would have laughed as well. I know I did. :wavey:

Major.
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 21, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Looks like he's waiting for a bus :biggrin:
Posted by keith mitchell on June 21, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Major certainly concentrating on what it's doing,very nice shot.
:toast: Keith.
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on June 21, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Nice story and lovely shot.
Posted by John Robinson on June 21, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Good stuff !
Pity so many end up flattened by doing this though.
Cheers
John
Posted by Lewis Thomson on June 21, 2009 at 4:38 PM

Hi Major,

Great bird and a very nice shot! :smile:

Lewis.
:toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on June 21, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Nice one Major . You see with age unless your name's Sean Connery attracting a bird is hard going. :toast:
Posted by Fran French on June 22, 2009 at 1:31 AM
A wonderful image Major, and a great story too :smile:

Fran :toast:
Posted by Kim Connolly on June 22, 2009 at 2:10 AM
Splendid shot Major, like it very much; was John referring to the birds or the photographers? :biggrin:
Posted by Major Gilbert on June 22, 2009 at 3:26 AM
:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: I had to keep my ears to the ground with this one as the road wa wide enough for one car. Every time I had to move so did the Owl of course but within a minute he was back. Great fun really.

Major
Posted by John Swift on June 22, 2009 at 6:28 PM
I keep coming back to this image over and over and I still don't know what to say that's constructive in any way at all. I have no nits with it, I simply find it a very appealing image indeed, no help at all I'm afraid. But well, there you are.

Regards

JohnS
Posted by Brett Lewis on June 23, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Nice encounter Major and great story.. Expertly captured moment and like the use of DOF here..

Very enjoyable image.

Brett :toast: