Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful photos and great documentation of behavior Doug. Love the "tai chi" stance! Amazing amazing that he (she?) was just by the side of the road. Bob Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com ________________________________ From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> To: "lug at leica-users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>; LeicaReflex <leicareflex at freelists.org> Sent: Sat, July 2, 2011 9:34:40 AM Subject: [Leica] IMG: Short-eared Owl I recently visited Plumas County California where several Short-eared Owls had been reported. I ditched work on Friday (with boss's permission) and left early on Thursday to catch the owls in evening light: The owls were perched on roadside fence posts when I arrived. Traffic on the road was very light, perhaps one vehicle every half hour, so I stopped the truck in the wrong-way lane and made some photos out the driver's side window. The locals are used to this sort of thing, even the highway patrol passed by without a word. http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl00.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl01.html Owls need a warmup before a night of hunting: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl02.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl03.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl04.html Once the sun dips below the horizon the hunt is on: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl05.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl06.html I caught up with the owl the following morning is the fog: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl07.html http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl08.html Once the fog burned off the owl dropped to the cover of a weedy roadside ditch. The message I got here was "hey, napping going on here, enough with the clicking!" http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/seowl09.html All photos: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO. Most with 1.4x APO-Extender-R, shoulder stock & monopod. Last photo without extender, with tripod. All comments welcome. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information