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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: aviator on January 09, 2016, 04:04:31 PM

Title: Long-eared Owl
Post by: aviator on January 09, 2016, 04:04:31 PM

At Sam Smith Park in deep cover!
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yF7K-pc60_o/VpBh6hwHw0I/AAAAAAAACEw/p_Tt2LJ4ULg/s640-Ic42/P1080882.JPG)

Title: Re: Long-eared Owl
Post by: Dinusaur on January 09, 2016, 05:34:39 PM

Very nice - was it today? Someone reported three of them yesterday on the same tree.

Title: Re: Long-eared Owl
Post by: aviator on January 09, 2016, 07:42:30 PM

Thanks. Photo taken on Jan. 8.

Title: Re: Long-eared Owl
Post by: Dinusaur on January 18, 2016, 08:08:40 PM

I went there past week-end and found one resting on a Jack Pine tree - managed to get a photo of him peering through the branches. It is a lifer for me - not bad.

Title: Re: Long-eared Owl
Post by: aviator on January 18, 2016, 11:11:53 PM

There may be a few of them around Sam Smith Park as a few days later I saw this one,somewhat lighter in colour( male?)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2NWHzZe1l2s/Vp23BeSYivI/AAAAAAAACFk/8-xYedVQb-o/s640-Ic42/P1080958.JPG)