Little Owl

[pelliott1954]

Hi All,

At last managed to catch a Little Owl on a post, a juvenile I think?


326 by Paul Elliott, on Flickr


Parent watching from a nearby tree

320 by Paul Elliott, on Flickr

Paul

[antoeknee]

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Nice images. We have them locally but never photographed them.

[Trev B]

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That is two great shots Paul, well done, the first is definitely a juvenile, but the second looks somewhat older. Is it the same bird or perhaps the first was the runt of the litter.

[ctrollen]

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That is two great shots Paul, well done, the first is definitely a juvenile, but the second looks somewhat older. Is it the same bird or perhaps the first was the runt of the litter.

As Paul's caption stated: "Parent watching from a nearby tree"

Two lovely shots, I do like little owls but don't think I've ever seen one in the wild.

[Stan]

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two lovely shots Paul but on the second you need to clone out the vegetation to the top of the log and the top right corner as the thick blue shadows around the leaves spoil the shot

[Trev B]

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Sorry missed your caption for the second shot Paul - its the parent bird --- its the heat!!!!

[pelliott1954]

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Thanks for looking Guys, there were 3 flitting about, I think one adult and 2 Juve's, the adult in the tree sat for ages, I have lots of shots with it's eyes closed, think it was napping, but it was in really deep shadow under the canopy but with a bright sky immediately behind it, I tried right up to +2 Exp but still had to lift the shadows a lot which gave a lot of noise.

Going back later to see if they come out for an evening sortie

Paul

[Bill53]

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Nice set Paul.

Bill.

[tesarver]

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Nice set Paul

Tom

[Dawesy]

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Two lovely shots Paul , agree with Stan on the distraction of the oof leaves in the second shot

[pelliott1954]

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Thanks Bill, Tom and Steve, much appreciated

Paul