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27-JAN-2009 H. Vander Velde

20090127 175 Boreal Owl - SERIES.jpg

Ottawa

Tree images of my very first Boreal Owl. Note: The Owl was found dead in the snow a few days after these shots were taken. The general opinion seems to be that the owl headed this far south because of a scarcity of food up north. It was probably malnourished;hence, in a weakened condition it may have succumbed to the very cold weather we have been having.

First (above) image - Close-up of the owl.


Shot taken in the morning. Note: the owl is still sitting on and warming up the mouse or vole which it ate later in the afternoon. (Note: the tail of the mouse/vole below the owl)


Shot taken mid-to-late afternoon with the owl minus the mouse/vole which it had eaten by then.

Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/400s f/10.0 at 300.0mm iso250 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal14-Aug-2011 12:56
wow what a deatail in this shot really nice close up. V
Rob
Julie Tremblay17-Mar-2009 09:53
Thank you for sharing the last beautiful images of this owl.
Dennis Swayze06-Feb-2009 01:50
Beautiful captures Hank...well done.
Cheers !
Yi Feng05-Feb-2009 03:36
Wow! Outstanding series! Terrific details!
Shelly- VA Beach03-Feb-2009 03:05
Wonderful captures - too bad it didn't make it.
Ghislaine et Réal Boulet02-Feb-2009 02:01
Beautiful capture and lighting
Jean D02-Feb-2009 00:30
Beautiful shots although a very tragic ending!
Janet Forjan-Freedman01-Feb-2009 23:42
Beautiful captures but such a sad story.
Marjan Schavemaker01-Feb-2009 22:19
Super this trio again, Hank! V The third one is so cute!
lou_rozensteins01-Feb-2009 20:48
A beautiful series! A shame it dies. The details are great. Well done.
Char01-Feb-2009 19:30
Terrific captures Hank! Your shots of these critters are always different and always such a treat. \/
an nguyen01-Feb-2009 19:11
Excellent close up series.... poor thing and sad story...
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal01-Feb-2009 17:55
Great shot, beautiful detail!(the first is my favorite)V
Ton
Brad Claypole01-Feb-2009 17:36
Excellent shots!
Michel Jasmin01-Feb-2009 17:27
Excellent shots
Chris Spracklen01-Feb-2009 17:24
You sure made every pixel count with these beauties, Hank! (V) Another superb series of shots, my friend. Kind regards, Chris
Marco Valk01-Feb-2009 17:17
fabulous series, mr. Owlman. gmv
pr_rajan01-Feb-2009 16:58
...great!~V~
jychamberland01-Feb-2009 16:10
beautiful close-up Hank, the first is my faforite.
Jim Coffman01-Feb-2009 13:44
Super images,Hank! I would sure enjoy seeing these guys.
Jean Chiasson01-Feb-2009 13:22
Beautiful portrait sharp love the BG Hank vote
silvia marmori01-Feb-2009 12:15
the details at first, the expression at others..
i am always fascinated by the images and notes where you explain..
poor this one.. fly away not to starve.. but die anyway..
Ali Majdfar01-Feb-2009 08:10
Fabulous! ~V
Bryan Murahashi01-Feb-2009 06:14
Terrific photos, but sad to hear of its passing.
Tom Torbert01-Feb-2009 05:50
Excellent images.. Sad story... V
Dominic Cantin01-Feb-2009 05:44
Excellent shot Hank ! The 3rd is my favorite for the compo , colors !

Dom :)
Eric Martin01-Feb-2009 05:15
very nice close up hank, great details..V
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