Long Eared Owl

[Dawesy]

Absolutely thrilled to get a few shots of this stunning LEO hunting in daylight hours as they are normally strictly night time hunters and difficult to see in flight during the day.
Long Eared Owl ( Asio otus ) by Steve Dawes, on Flickr
Long Eared Owl ( Asio otus ) by Steve Dawes, on Flickr

[Carol]

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Wow! Super catch!

[tesarver]

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Wonderful catch Steve

Tom

[Trev B]

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Nice one Steve well caught

[pelliott1954]

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Brilliant, am very jealous

Paul

[Dawesy]

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Thanks Carol , Tom , Trev and Paul

[tigerburnie]

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Great shots

[Swanny48]

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Nice captures. As you say, not a bird you usually see flying in daylight hours.
Some years back, I heard a muffled bump on the patio doors about 11-00 one morning. It wasn’t until about 10mins later I looked outside and found a long eared owl unable to fly, on the paving slabs. I put it in a box and took it to an owl rescue centre and was later told it had blood poisoning. Never had too much faith in the guy who told me though.

John

[Dawesy]

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Thanks guys