Short Eared Owls are winter visitors to New York. They spend the warmer months up in Canada and Alaska, but end up coming down south for the colder months. We have usually seen them between November and the beginning of March.
I did not expect to get any good images of the owl the day I was there. However, we had a brief window of light between the clouds and a cooperative owl who flew near me during that time period. Don’t you love it when they do that?
Later, when it was just too dark, it flew quite close to me, but alas the images were just too grainy.
Here’s hoping I can see them close up in good light. Have a Terrific Tuesday!
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Great photos Sharon. Merry Christmas. Allan
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Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!
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Wow great shots!
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Here’s hoping I can see them close in better light.
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We had one VERY elusive one up here for ages, I’d see it in binoculars, gone …… Nice shots
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If it’s by itself I would imagine it would be. We have at least 4-5 sometimes more every year. Once again one was killed. There are coyotes and great horned owls there so two possible suspects. They tend to sleep on the ground.
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I did get a Long-eared owl a few months back, VERY happy chap 🙂
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I have not seen one of those yet. I would also someday like to see the great grey owl, barn owl and a saw whet in the wild.
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Amazing photographs. Absolutely beautiful.
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Really nice, Sharon. Just got to love the right time and place theory.
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Magnificent! Enjoy a happy Christmas Sharon 🙂
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