Always a good mother
The art of preening for a young owl
First day out in the big, wide world
Baby fluff
Great Horned Owl owlet, Ellis Bird Farm
Mountain Bluebird fledgling
A bewildering world for a fallen owlet
First day of fledging
Peekaboo - whooo are yooo?
Great Horned Owlet
Great Horned Owlet
Northern Hawk Owl juevnile - from the archives
Balance is a fine art
Thankful for archives
I'm the king of the castle ...
See also...
See more...Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
207 visits
Grainy but cute
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
I'm posting this really poor quality image as my third photo this morning. If it shows as my main image, it is Flickr still messing with the order in which I upload! The light was so bad and this Great Horned Owl owlet was fairy well hidden behind branches and leaves. In fact, it was on the ground at this point, for a few hours, but apparently managed to climb high up in one of the trees. Despite the quality, I couldn't bring myself to delete the shot, as this little one looked so cute. Taken two days ago, on 6 May 2016, in a local natural area/park. Unfortunately, I had half a dozen errands to run before allowing myself to go out with my camera, so I didn't get there till late, and the light quickly began to fade. No time to look around the area for any other birds on this visit.
"With its long, earlike tufts, intimidating yellow-eyed stare, and deep hooting voice, the Great Horned Owl is the quintessential owl of storybooks. This powerful predator can take down birds and mammals even larger than itself, but it also dines on daintier fare such as tiny scorpions, mice, and frogs. It’s one of the most common owls in North America, equally at home in deserts, wetlands, forests, grasslands, backyards, cities, and almost any other semi-open habitat between the Arctic and the tropics.
Great Horned Owls are nocturnal. You may see them at dusk sitting on fence posts or tree limbs at the edges of open areas, or flying across roads or fields with stiff, deep beats of their rounded wings. Their call is a deep, stuttering series of four to five hoots." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_horned_owl
I'm posting this really poor quality image as my third photo this morning. If it shows as my main image, it is Flickr still messing with the order in which I upload! The light was so bad and this Great Horned Owl owlet was fairy well hidden behind branches and leaves. In fact, it was on the ground at this point, for a few hours, but apparently managed to climb high up in one of the trees. Despite the quality, I couldn't bring myself to delete the shot, as this little one looked so cute. Taken two days ago, on 6 May 2016, in a local natural area/park. Unfortunately, I had half a dozen errands to run before allowing myself to go out with my camera, so I didn't get there till late, and the light quickly began to fade. No time to look around the area for any other birds on this visit.
"With its long, earlike tufts, intimidating yellow-eyed stare, and deep hooting voice, the Great Horned Owl is the quintessential owl of storybooks. This powerful predator can take down birds and mammals even larger than itself, but it also dines on daintier fare such as tiny scorpions, mice, and frogs. It’s one of the most common owls in North America, equally at home in deserts, wetlands, forests, grasslands, backyards, cities, and almost any other semi-open habitat between the Arctic and the tropics.
Great Horned Owls are nocturnal. You may see them at dusk sitting on fence posts or tree limbs at the edges of open areas, or flying across roads or fields with stiff, deep beats of their rounded wings. Their call is a deep, stuttering series of four to five hoots." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_horned_owl
, Pam J have particularly liked this photo
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Vu et admiré/Admired in
www.ipernity.com/group/nous.-nature
Admired in ~ I ♥ Nature
Sign-in to write a comment.