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Short Eared Owl Hunting

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Posted by Simon Phillpotts on August 4, 2010 at 4:42 AM
Short Eared Owl Hunting
One from a few weeks back. This was one of a pair of SEO's hunting a very large patch of moorland around 2000 ft up. They had well advanced young that they were feeding around a mile away and were covering massive areas of ground searching for voles. It really was a case of finding a spot and waiting for a flypast so didn't manage too many images. Beautiful birds that I haven't seen many of in the Dales this year. We didn't get many migrants in the winter and they can be subject to persecution unfortunately.

7D 700mm ISO:200 1/800 sec @ f/5.6 almost FF and handheld.

Thanks for the comments on my last image.

Simon :wavey:
Posted by Jeff Harrison on August 4, 2010 at 4:50 AM
A super image Simon with nice background and foreground colouring and with the bird's wings on the diagonal. Would have been nice to have a more face-on pose (to get both eyes in full view) but we have to take what we can get and I'd be very happy to have one as good as this. Well done :toast: :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on August 4, 2010 at 5:12 AM
good pose and lighting Simon, a very nice SEO image.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on August 4, 2010 at 5:33 AM
Hi a great looking image Simon.

Phil.

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Shaun Boycott-Tayl on August 4, 2010 at 5:58 AM

Great image,

I'd be very happy to have this image inmy collection :toast: :toast:

Shaun :wavey:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 4, 2010 at 6:24 AM
Hi Simon

A lovely SEO shot :toast: :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on August 4, 2010 at 8:14 AM
Lovely composition,great detail and their numbers thoughout their wintering grounds and back up higher to their breeding grounds have been low all over the UK this year Simon I have not seen many this year at all,real shame as I love them.Great shot here to remind me of that mad stare :eek: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on August 4, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Thanks all. Craig there really haven't been many, I spent a lot of time looking for them this year in areas around my home where there should be plenty. I saw one during the whole of last winter and just this one breeding pair this summer. Hopefully we will see more from November onwards :smile:
Posted by Karen Summers on August 4, 2010 at 1:59 PM
lovely and nice composition to
Posted by Phil Mclean on August 4, 2010 at 3:52 PM
You may not have managed many images but this one certainly works very well.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Justin on August 4, 2010 at 3:53 PM
A fine shot. :cool:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on August 5, 2010 at 2:42 AM
Beautiful and very well composed image. :smile: