Owl faking sleep, guarding young

Owl faking sleep, guarding young

saw this parent Great Horned Owl yesterday, in the wild, basking in the sunshine. Probably the mother owl, as she was quite big. This one's colouring is very dark this year. The new baby owls were in the nest in a hollow tree closeby. A bit too high to get pics of the babies, and too dark inside the hollow tree. Looked like 2 babies, quite small still.

She was preening herself a lot while we watched, then pretended to sleep, but when several people stood below the "nest tree" she sure became alert, so we moved away.

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Created on: 17 April 2005

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Comments:

Alandra from southwestern BC Canada on May 3, 2005 at 2:29 PM said:

have just found all these nice comments, thanks Carol, Alex, Alex D, Joan, Tam, Vicki, Austin, Les and Hazelnut. my gosh, that's the most comments I had all at once : )

Hazelnut from Ontario on Apr 19, 2005 at 7:00 PM said:

Your owl pictures would make even Audubon jealous,excellent.

Les from NZ on Apr 19, 2005 at 5:28 PM said:

Another great photo. Well done Alandra

Austin from Georgia on Apr 19, 2005 at 5:21 AM said:

They are such lovely birds.

Great shot.

Vicki (TravlynWomyn) from back in Virginia on Apr 18, 2005 at 8:43 PM said:

Lucky you, Alandra to be able to see the nest too! Super shot

Zoya from CT USA on Apr 18, 2005 at 7:35 PM said:

excellent shot of the owl as usual. T

Joan from Nova Scotia on Apr 18, 2005 at 7:21 PM said:

Terrific picture ...

Alex D. from Alameda, CA on Apr 18, 2005 at 5:09 PM said:

Great shot of the owl. It looks stunning.

Shutterbug from Maine on Apr 18, 2005 at 2:52 PM said:

Great picture of Owl!!!

Carol

Whittler from Maine on Apr 18, 2005 at 2:40 PM said:

Now, thats a WOW!!, a wicked good shot.

Alandra from southwestern BC Canada on Apr 18, 2005 at 2:31 PM said:

many thanks, Karen. Was just thrilled yesterday when I suddenly caught sight of this one, just "above" where we wandered, hoping to see some. I hadn't been to that area to walk our dogs for several weeks, so was just guessing that maybe some baby owls might be "around" by now. and sure enough they are : ) we'll be going there more often again now! like every day.

km from TX on Apr 18, 2005 at 2:12 PM said:

You have the most incredible owl pictures! Wow!

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