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"Dad was a meat cutter"

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Jun 01, 2015 21:47 | #1

Came home to find these 2 in our backyard! They are Eastern Screech Owls!
Looked like they were trying to get some sleep when we found them! Looks more like I am getting the "Stink Eye" though!

All taken with a 70D and Sigma 70-200 2.8

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Heavily cropped to show the "hate" in the eyes! lol

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Enjoying the day before I interrupted with my 'click click click'

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And the juvenile. This one was a few branches below the adult.

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Looking more sleepy than hateful!

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Jun 01, 2015 22:15 | #2

Very nice series Blake. Especially the juvenile, not something you see everyday!

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Jun 02, 2015 05:07 | #3

Wonderful series, and lucky you to host them in your yard! Hope they stay for awhile.

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"Dad was a meat cutter"

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Jun 02, 2015 05:49 | #4

Thanks! Our Akita actually point them out! My wife saw him silently staring up so went to investigate.

I plan on building an owl box for them. We def have enough rodents in the field for them!

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Jun 02, 2015 05:58 | #5

Hey, great stuff, Blake, neat shots of Mom (I'm guessing) and baby! They would be fun to have around.

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Jun 02, 2015 06:44 | #6

Wallace River wrote in post #17580796

Hey, great stuff, Blake, neat shots of Mom (I'm guessing) and baby! They would be fun to have around.

Thanks! I contacted a local nature center and sent them the photos and asked questions. They said there is no way to tell if it's a male or female unless we had both of them to compare size. I didn't see an adult pair so I would guess it's the mom!

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Jun 02, 2015 12:24 | #8

Wonderful shots.

Does look very much like a "keep the noise down" look.

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Jun 02, 2015 15:09 | #9

Screech owls are so cool and usually very accepting of humans.
Great photos.

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