Date: 11/10/24 3:01 pm From: Julia van der Wyk <juliavdw11...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] owls early in the morn.. (2 more images)
These photos are all excellent and I love them
Sincerely,
Julia v
> On Nov 10, 2024, at 10:45 AM, Pete Sole <pete...> wrote:
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> Hi birders,
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> 2 more images, well, because what the .... enjoy
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> Vaguely artistic? flying:
> http://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/documentary/owls_great_horned_2_241110b.jpg >
> Vaguely artistic? portrait:
> http://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/documentary/owl_great_horned_241110b.jpg >
> I should note that these images were taken practically in the dark, around 6:20am, before sunrise. (For those interested in the technical details: ss: 1/100, fstop: 6.3, fl: 600mm, ISO between 12500 and 25600 depending on the image. Hand held, but leaning on something for stability. Post processing included lightening and cropping in Photoshop, as well as a 1 or 2 passes through DeNoize AI to reduce grain a bit.)
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> Fun bird photography
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> Pete
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>
> On 11/10/24 8:07 AM, Pete Sole wrote:
>> Hi birders, http://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/documentary/owl_great_horned_241110b.jpg >>
>> Woke up a little early today and heard our usual Great-horned Owl pair. What made it interesting, was to actually see both of them together. Managed a few, ahem, let's be charitable and call them, dark noisy blurry images shot through double pane glass... Here are 2 of the "better" photos:
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>> http://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/documentary/owls_great_horned_2_241110a.jpg >>
>> http://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/documentary/owl_great_horned_241110.jpg >>
>> As described by Cornell's Birds of the World:
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>> "The Great Horned Owl – large, powerful, and long-lived – is adapted by its anatomy, physiology, and behavior to survive in any climate but arctic-alpine regions. Equally at home in desert, grassland, suburban, and forest habitats, north to the tree line, it has a diverse prey base and the most extensive range with the most variation in nesting sites of any American owl."
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>> Source: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/grhowl/cur/introduction >>
>> I've read that Great-horned Owls are one of the most fearsome avian predators around. Like many owl species, they have phenomenal sight and hearing, at the expense or benefit of poor smell. These Great-horned are so fearsome, that they will easily take prey their own size, including skunks. From Cornell's species description:
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>> "Takes an exceptionally wide variety of prey, ranging in size from scorpions and small rodents to larger hares and rabbits; also large birds such as ducks, geese, and herons."
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>> Source: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/grhowl/cur/foodhabits >>
>> Although common, it is my firm belief, that any day you see an owl, is a great day.
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>> Fun birding,
>>
>> Pete Solé
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>> Owling in Soquel, CA
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