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Great gray owl ... FINALLY!

 
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Feb 01, 2012 20:02 |  #1

I have been trying for 5 years to get a shot of one of these beauties, tonight patience and effort finally paid off ... and wearing my lucky owl shirt helped too! This was taken in Sax Zim Bog tonight about 5:00.

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Feb 01, 2012 20:37 |  #2

Congratulations Liz, great capture of this beauty ,you are very fortunate.


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Feb 01, 2012 20:41 as a reply to  @ andrewhuxman's post |  #3

Persistence payed off very nicely for you Liz. That's a dandy of an image!
Of course we the curious also want an image of your lucky owl shirt too - :)


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Feb 01, 2012 20:42 |  #4

Nicely caught Liz and great eye contact. You'd have to be pretty pleased with that!


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Feb 01, 2012 20:53 |  #5

Great shot Liz.


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Feb 01, 2012 20:57 as a reply to  @ m52's post |  #6

its it nice when a plan comes together.
nice image Liz



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Feb 01, 2012 21:40 as a reply to  @ jhayesvw's post |  #7

Heh, here's my lucky owl shirt!

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Feb 01, 2012 22:42 as a reply to  @ gymell's post |  #8

How could you go wrong with that shirt ?
Nice photo and congrats to you.


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Feb 01, 2012 23:42 as a reply to  @ TerryWSmith's post |  #9

Awesome looking bird, Congrats and a great shot as well


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Feb 02, 2012 00:14 |  #10

A wonderful image and congrats on your find Liz!


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Feb 02, 2012 00:30 |  #11

Congrats Liz. They are beautiful owls. Your patience paid off.

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Feb 02, 2012 02:54 |  #12

very nice Liz




  
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Feb 02, 2012 04:48 |  #13

gymell wrote in post #13810332 (external link)
Heh, here's my lucky owl shirt!

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Now I understand! You can use that shirt as a decoy - :)


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Feb 02, 2012 06:02 |  #14

The shirt makes all the difference! :D


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Feb 02, 2012 06:08 |  #15

I'm pretty surprised you even spied the bird, it wears that mossy tree so well. They were made for each other. Really nice.


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