Distant Short-eared Owl
Alpaca farm
Short-eared Owl, accidental shot
Fine old barn with Alpacas
Short-eared Owl - the 'best' I could get
Glorious, hoar frosty day
A quick bit of fun
Snowy Owl #2 of three, from far away
A shed on both sides
Found when I got lost
Watchful eye, Snowy Owl #2
Old barn with silos
Country scene in winter
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The old home
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Snowy Owl #1 of three
Snowy Owl backward glance
Snowy Owl front view ... finally
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Snowy Owl male
A back road in hoar frost
Snowy Owl back view
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Snowy Owl male, #1 of three
Winter wonderland
Male Snowy Owl
The beauty of hoar frost
Male Snowy Owl
Taking grain from the silo
A welcome splash of red
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Old barn with Alpacas


Sorry about all the Snowy Owl photos I have just posted this afternoon. Wanted to upload the photos that were even remotely fit to post, mainly for the record. I haven't taken a single Snowy Owl photo this winter that I am happy enough with, though of course I am thrilled to bits to have seen the owls and to have got any photos at all. I have been so busy and just haven't got out much to look for them.
The Short-eared Owl photos are pretty grim, ha! However, I have been out there just one time, on 24 January 2019, and it was not a good time for them, at least while I was there. I saw one very distant owl on a post the far side of the field - highly zoomed and not sharp! Another owl was in a distant stand of trees. Also saw either two or three of them in flight, either being aggressive with each other or having fun. Not sure if the third was a hawk/falcon - wonder if it might have been a Prairie Falcon that had been seen by some people on a different day. Maybe everyone else got good views after I had left. Someone said that there were 40 people there the other day - and I am sure quite a few of those are people who go out often or all the time and have already got great, close images. Hopefully, I can get out there for another visit, with more luck, though I am not someone who goes out day after day just to get better photos. A close shot on a fence post is something I have never, ever got. Constantly going out only puts the owls under more stress, especially if there are too many people. Competition among photographers is huge, unfortunately.
There have been a lot of Snowy Owls this winter, but that does not mean that they are easy to find. A couple of days ago, I was back east of the city again and thinking to myself that most people probably have no idea what goes into getting the few photos one ends up with. When you do eventually find one of these stunning birds, it is such a thrill. I'm always so thankful that I love to photograph other things, too, not just birds. If I come across an old barn that I have never seen before, that, too, feels so good.
The Short-eared Owl photos are pretty grim, ha! However, I have been out there just one time, on 24 January 2019, and it was not a good time for them, at least while I was there. I saw one very distant owl on a post the far side of the field - highly zoomed and not sharp! Another owl was in a distant stand of trees. Also saw either two or three of them in flight, either being aggressive with each other or having fun. Not sure if the third was a hawk/falcon - wonder if it might have been a Prairie Falcon that had been seen by some people on a different day. Maybe everyone else got good views after I had left. Someone said that there were 40 people there the other day - and I am sure quite a few of those are people who go out often or all the time and have already got great, close images. Hopefully, I can get out there for another visit, with more luck, though I am not someone who goes out day after day just to get better photos. A close shot on a fence post is something I have never, ever got. Constantly going out only puts the owls under more stress, especially if there are too many people. Competition among photographers is huge, unfortunately.
There have been a lot of Snowy Owls this winter, but that does not mean that they are easy to find. A couple of days ago, I was back east of the city again and thinking to myself that most people probably have no idea what goes into getting the few photos one ends up with. When you do eventually find one of these stunning birds, it is such a thrill. I'm always so thankful that I love to photograph other things, too, not just birds. If I come across an old barn that I have never seen before, that, too, feels so good.
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