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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: photoWILD on June 07, 2010, 08:38:13 PM

Title: Last Mountsberg Raptor Centre Visit
Post by: photoWILD on June 07, 2010, 08:38:13 PM

Below are some photos from my last visit to Mountsberg in late March. I've started jonesing for another visit which led me back these images and the realization I never posted them here. It was a spectacular day with lots of sunshine which allowed me to use faster shutter speeds to freeze a bit of action. The first 2 images of the adult Bald Eagle and American Kestrel were taken through fencing, the others photos of a Great Horned Owl and young Bald Eagle were shot in an enclosure during an outdoor demonstration.
Hope you like'em and I can't wait for the next visit!
Rory

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Title: Last Mountsberg Raptor center visit
Post by: Whittam on June 07, 2010, 09:04:32 PM

Stunning shots! I especially like the Great Horned Owl!  Great Horned Owls have all but disappeared around our cottage in Muskoka! 10 years ago you could hear 3-5 all around the lake on a quiet night in Feb to May! I have not heard 1 in well over 7 years.  Nice to see such a great shot of one!  Thanks
Cheers Terry

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Post by: denis on June 08, 2010, 09:16:02 AM

nice series.
must get up there sometime,soon.

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Post by: Cody on June 08, 2010, 09:17:24 PM

Great shots! I love the Bald Eagle shot.  Is the last picture a Golden Eagle?

Title: Re: Last Mountsberg Raptor center visit
Post by: photoWILD on June 10, 2010, 07:55:24 PM

Thanks Terry! I really like Great Horned Owls too and it was cool to get some good shots. Cheers!

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Stunning shots! I especially like the Great Horned Owl!  Great Horned Owls have all but disappeared around our cottage in Muskoka! 10 years ago you could hear 3-5 all around the lake on a quiet night in Feb to May! I have not heard 1 in well over 7 years.  Nice to see such a great shot of one!  Thanks
Cheers Terry

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Post by: photoWILD on June 10, 2010, 07:58:01 PM

Thanks Denis! It's definitely worth the trip - just make sure you get to the outdoor presentation early so you can get a good seat!

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nice series.
must get up there sometime,soon.

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Post by: photoWILD on June 10, 2010, 08:12:40 PM

Thanks Cody! The last picture is of an imature Bald Eagle whose head has not turned white yet. But when I was working on those photos I was thinking it looked an awful lot like a Golden Eagle.
I was lucky enough last year to get a photo of a Golden Eagle during a demonstration at Pumkinfest in Port Elgin. Check it out:

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Great shots! I love the Bald Eagle shot.  Is the last picture a Golden Eagle?

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