Barred Owl

Barred Owl

I received a call from a friend there a couple of barred owls in a park. I checked the area and found some baby bunnies running around eating grass. Thay are just so cute. Near the trees we saw a dead baby bunny and up in the branches were the 2 barred owls. After a while one of the owls flew to a lower branch to our delight. It was so close I actually have to back off to get the full owl in the frame.

Because of the busy background I decided to crop the pics a little bit tighter


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Beautiful owl. This one is very very white compared to ours in Florid

nice! near North Van by any chance?

Wow, are you some kind of bird whisperer Jodelak? How in the world you get him to come down even closer? Did you bring a bunny suit?
Great great shots of the owl!

Grand shots Jo... exceptional IQ on the series... that first shot is my favorite.

Dave

those are really good!
its great to get close.

J.Litton wrote in post #14476103
Beautiful owl. This one is very very white compared to ours in Florid

Thanks Jason, I think the Florida barred owls have wider or bigger stripes which makes them a little bit darker.

N.V.M. wrote in post #14476240
nice! near North Van by any chance?

Thanks Mike, but not so close to NV. Some people said that these 2 owls had taken residence in this park, so better check Minoru Park in Richmond

cfcRebel wrote in post #14476305
Wow, are you some kind of bird whisperer Jodelak? How in the world you get him to come down even closer? Did you bring a bunny suit?
Great great shots of the owl!

Thanks Fee, I wouldn't dare weat a bunny suite, I might get attacked by these 2 owls

dbriz wrote in post #14476605
Grand shots Jo... exceptional IQ on the series... that first shot is my favorite.

Dave

Thanks Dave.

jhayesvw wrote in post #14476710
those are really good!
its great to get close.

Thanks Jeremy sometimes we do get lucky .

Superb series Jo, I don't know how you managed to get so close, but I'm glad you did

very nice set

Great opportunity that you took advantage of Jo! I like that you were so close you got some great reflections in its eyes

Congratulations Joe! These are wonderful. Great detail, clarity and color throughout. You bracketed the series with my favorites. Good shooting Joe.

Wonderful shots Jo, I hear owls a lot down here, but have never been fortunate to locate them.

Great shots of a beautiful bird Jo! Looks like you were sitting in the next branch. Well done.

2slo wrote in post #14477300
Superb series Jo, I don't know how you managed to get so close, but I'm glad you did

Thanks Mark, the credit goes to the barred owl, honestly I was actually about to leave and then the barred owl flew to a lower branch

kmunroe wrote in post #14477437
very nice set

Thanks Kenny!

Wallace River wrote in post #14477447
Great opportunity that you took advantage of Jo! I like that you were so close you got some great reflections in its eyes

Thanks Ian! In the larger version of the pics, a man in white shirt can be seen

Diamond Lil wrote in post #14477567
Congratulations Joe! These are wonderful. Great detail, clarity and color throughout. You bracketed the series with my favorites. Good shooting Joe.

Thank you Lil, those are my faves too!

Shar824 wrote in post #14478780
Wonderful shots Jo, I hear owls a lot down here, but have never been fortunate to locate them.

Thanks Sharon! The wild rabbits in the park brought the owls, and if you know a place where there are voles or rabbits activities, they could be there lurking

Grizz wrote in post #14480044
Great shots of a beautiful bird Jo! Looks like you were sitting in the next branch. Well done.

Thanks Craig, I have to mention that before the owl flew to the lower branch, it made a series of hooting calls. It's very loud and very cool!

Excellent detail in all the photos.