I am truly a lucky man!!!
A couple of weeks of sheer fun and thrills. Until this year above average captures of Owls has been slim at the best. I’ve mentioned on many occasions how Owls escape my presence. Holy crap! This last few weeks has been OWl mania. Ultra Owl. Owl extreme! A few years ago I won a Nissan Titan in a Super Bowl give-away. Honestly, recently the photographic thrills have been almost as good as hearing I won that truck. Don’t have to pay any income taxes on my photography experiences. Especially those most recent.
Even my new friend smileswith me.
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No post trickery with the photograph above. It just cracked me up when I brought it up on the screen. Sure looks like he is smiling. Who wouldn’t be all grins with an amateur photographer all giddy taking 10 frames a second as you snacked?
These next captures are photographs of one of his landing sites to dine. I tried yelling out to him for posing instructions. He didn’t care much. I was stuck with the natural poses and surroundings.
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A personal treat for me is when I can capture critters in-flight. Especially flying right at me. The most rare shots. Few birds have good reasons to fly at two legged behemoths with a huge black object pointing right at them. It takes a ton of luck, some skill, exceptional equipment and an accommodating bird.
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Hey look MOM no eyes!!!!!!!
