owls

cactuslee · Post by **cactuslee** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:11 pm

gray morph eastern screech owls that hung out around my house this spring.

the last 2 pics are of the parent.

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:33 pm

Love it! I am a huge fan of owls.

peterb

tumamoc · Post by **tumamoc** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:49 pm

I second that!

promethean_spark · Post by **promethean_spark** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:17 am

Saw some owls pheasant hunting out there a few weeks ago. Love SD, it's a welcome change from CA, that's for sure.

Post by **daiv** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:44 pm

That is sooo cool! Great that you could get such great pics without them flying away.

frangipani · Post by **frangipani** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:48 pm

Owls are great. Such fascinating birds. I love the pics!

Gallows · Post by **Gallows** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:02 am

Caught this picture a few days ago of a snowy owl in my neighbours yard. It looks sleepy to me. Probably because of the bad storm the day before.

Jo · Post by Jo » Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:55 am

Lovely snowy creature! Yes, looking tired, sleepy.

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:37 pm

Great shots! I've never caught more than a fleeting glimpse of an owl.

amanzed · Post by **amanzed** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:50 pm

Great to see these photos. I find raptors hard to photograph, even when they seem quite close up.

I love owls. Whenever I see an owl, it sends a little thrill up my spine. I can't explain it, but it still happens even after hundreds of sightings.

During much of the year, I am fortunate (and still surprised as heck) to see owls almost every day, even though I live in metropolitan Los Angeles. Sometimes I see as many as 5 in one day. I consider 3 sightings in one hike a sign it's a "good-luck day".

My secret is living next door to 350-acre Debs Park, the 3rd largest park in Los Angeles. Even being in metro L.A., Debs Park has many owls, and I hike 5 miles in Debs Park almost every day. We've had barn owls (with their eery screeching and spooky giant eye patches) nesting in the palm tree next to our back yard.

Amazing creatures.

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:04 pm

Awesome pics!

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:37 am

somehow I missed this post. When I was a kid we had some huge Norway Spruce Trees in Ohio and a Great Barred Owl lived in one of the trees. IT was always fun talking to them.. I could imitate there call.. "who cooks for you" lolz

cactuslee · Post by **cactuslee** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:12 am

yesterday me and the wife were at an old farm site taking some pictires and i saw a pair of great horned owls. i tried to approach them but didn't get very close. they flew away and sat on some fence posts out about a half mile from the farm.

owls

owls

cool

3-owl walks