The background is changed to obscure the location. In New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania Barn Owls are on the Species of Special Concern List. In Connecticut and Vermont they are on the Endangered List.
In England, Barn Owls are doing better population wise. in the mid 1990s there were around 4,000 breeding pairs. Today they estimate between 8,000-12,000 breeding pairs.
Gorgeous photo. What a horror that we have to protect birds and animals from us and what we do to them and to the planet. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
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Unfortunately we have to be careful who we tell sometimes. I found a few people this year to be very untrustworthy. They act like they would do the right thing and they don’t. The animal comes first.
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So beautiful!
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It is!
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Very nice,
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Lovely!
Gwen.
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It was a treat! Love their personality.
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What a fantastic portrait! I love those eyes and that facial expression.
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I love owls. This one stared at me when on different fence posts. It flew closer than I expected. Only got a couple of decent flight shots though.
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I also love owls. But it’s very hard to see Barn Owls where we live. I would love to be able to observe (and photograph) them. It must have been thrilling when your owl flew closer than you expected.
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Beautiful!
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They are!
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