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wolverinesr1
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 17:20
after seeing all the owls posted lately i decided to jump on the bandwagon with one i took this past weekend





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Maz
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 18:26
That is just a great shot!!!
Congratulations and thanks for sharing.

Maz
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ssim
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 18:31
Nice shot. Was this with the 75-300.
stoneylonesome
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 18:35
Nice shot.
robertwgross
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 19:09
That appears to be a Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus).

The flying mousetrap.

---Bob Gross---
sparker1
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 19:36
It's a great shot, something to be proud of.
wolverinesr1
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 21:30
thanks everyone for the comments.this was taken with the 75-300
HJMinard
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 21:32
Nice horned owl, wolverinesr1 ...
Was this at Outdoorama?
slacker
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 21:49
Cool shot! I've snapped some eagles and hawks, but haven't been able to spot an owl yet... I'm looking forward to it though.
wolverinesr1
3rd of March 2005 (Thu), 05:10
oops, secret is out. yes this was at outdoorama.
Ikinaa
3rd of March 2005 (Thu), 05:46
Nice pic

Question : Did you shoot with flash? (Thought so because of his eyes)
Isn't that a bit blinding for the owls, as they has very good night vision.
Has any of our Owl-Specialists out there an opinion?
tommykjensen
3rd of March 2005 (Thu), 05:51
Nice pic

Question : Did you shoot with flash? (Thought so because of his eyes)
Isn't that a bit blinding for the owls, as they has very good night vision.
Has any of our Owl-Specialists out there an opinion?

I am not an owl specialist. But I once asked our zoo about using flash at their show with a horned owl and a harris hawk. They said it does not matter. The birds will just think the flash is lightning which occurs naturally. Constant light like a flashlight however is not good.