Short-Eared Owl on Christmas

I went down for a short time to see if I could catch any short-eared owls this afternoon. There were a lot more people there late afternoon on Christmas Day than I expected. It was a sunny day, which we do not get too many of. Luckily a red-tailed hawk decided to hang out in some prime places. That usually draws the owls closer to harass it.

While the owls flew around one tree the hawk was perched in, I was able to get off some fly by shots.

The owl made my day. I felt like the hawk gave all the visitors a present by perching where she did, and the owls gave us a present by doing close fly-bys. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!

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    1. Anyone would have. I have seen pictures taken other people yesterday who are friends. They came that close. I have a 200-600 mm lens- not high end. These are almost the size of the actual photo. One was only cropped square. My photos where they were further away are not sharp like this. I had it set for 1/2000 to stop action. When they are close, the light is right, you have the right settings it will not matter what camera.

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