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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Paul O'Toole on January 04, 2019, 07:02:55 PM

Title: Snowy Owl Air Battle
Post by: Paul O'Toole on January 04, 2019, 07:02:55 PM

A pair of snowies battled it out to perch on top of a high fir tree nearby. Taken at around 4:40pm, so the evening light is a bit funky on these. The so called Golden Hour of light not the best for these but it was a great experience to watch and photograph this interaction.

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Title: Re: Snowy Owl Air Battle
Post by: Ally on January 04, 2019, 07:05:12 PM

That is absolutely legendary! Great shots.

Title: Re: Snowy Owl Air Battle
Post by: Shortsighted on January 04, 2019, 07:09:15 PM

Holy rosy glow owlman, dueling Snowy owls!
You won't see that rivalry every day.
Then again, I won't see any Snowy
any time soon.
I just love that rose-coloured lens you have.

Title: Re: Snowy Owl Air Battle
Post by: Steve Hood on January 04, 2019, 07:26:07 PM

Very interesting Paul.  I had not seen a Snowy battle like this.

Title: Re: Snowy Owl Air Battle
Post by: Paul O'Toole on January 04, 2019, 07:48:25 PM

The sun was very close to setting so the light was a bit funky. Waited in a stationary location for about 2 hours and was just preparing to call it a night when 2 snowies started to fly one after towards a tall fir tree.

Title: Re: Snowy Owl Air Battle
Post by: jnish on January 05, 2019, 07:01:16 AM

Gorgeous!!!  Certainly worth the wait.  Thank you for posting.