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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Reg on February 18, 2011, 06:33:31 PM

Title: Great Horned Owl, Two days in a row
Post by: Reg on February 18, 2011, 06:33:31 PM

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5011/5456672345_0e8b38a458_z.jpg)
Taken Feb. 17/11
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5257/5457279754_8b73bae94f_z.jpg)
Taken Feb. 18/11

I hapened on this Great Horned Owl on Thursday afternoon, my first one ever.
Then on Friday morning I went back to the same place and got him again, (Lucky I guess)
Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket!

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Post by: BIGFRANK on February 18, 2011, 06:37:49 PM

Hi Reg,nice shots. Great Horned Owls are usually on nests by now so there may be one in the area. If its a male he'd often have the nest in his sight line from where he is. Poke around being very careful not to disturb anything.

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Post by: Reg on February 18, 2011, 07:09:27 PM

Quote from: "BIGFRANK"

Hi Reg,nice shots. Great Horned Owls are usually on nests by now so there may be one in the area. If its a male he'd often have the nest in his sight line from where he is. Poke around being very careful not to disturb anything.

Thanks BIGFRANK, He was perched in the same area both days, on different trees, but they were
parallel to each other, on Thursday he was to the east faceing west, on Friday he was to the west
faceing east. I'll have to keep an eye open.

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Post by: Scott on February 19, 2011, 06:03:28 PM

Congrats Reg....its a great thing to see a GHO two days in a row!  Nice shots with the second my favourite.

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Post by: Reg on February 20, 2011, 01:04:42 PM

Thanks Scott, I like the second one too, he was a little more out in the open.