Barn Owl, near home. 10.6.18

I spent an evening in one of my favourite meadows with the hope of getting some shots of barn owls hunting.

Unfortunately they didn't start until 9 pm and by that time the light levels were getting very low.

This then made focussing a bit more difficult and necessitated using a higher ISO than I would like.

However I did get some shots but I think the bird knew I was there all the time as it seemed to be looking straight at me as it flew.

Not long after it decided to use the field on the other side of the hedge and my photography for the evening was over!

Birds in Hungary Day 6. Ural Owl in the Bukk Hills. 19th May 2018.

Ural Owl

The Ural Owl was one of our target species to photograph whilst up in the Bukk Hills region.

Sadly this was the only usable photo I got and I don't think anyone else got any either.

It's been a bad vole year in the forest glades and the owls haven't bred this year. That makes it very difficult to find the birds as they now wander freely across the region.

Luckily our guides Attila 1 and Attila 2 managed to track one down and our illustrious leader Oliver Smart pointed this bird out to me as it perched amongst the foliage at some distance.

Never going to win any awards but very pleased to add this bird to my non-existant list!

Burrowing Owl, Cape Coral, Florida. 14.4.2015

Well, Burrowing Owl was my main target species for photography on this trip to Florida and boy did we get them good this morning!

At one time we were standing in the suburbs of Cape Coral and could see 5 separate owl burrows in different directions.

They are well protected and each nest burrow is visibly marked so that the grass cutters and local works personnel don't mistakenly disturb them.

We saw at least 2 burrows in the central reservation of a dual carriageway, which does beg the question to the mortality rate due to car collisions!

Anyway here are a few rough edits of this mornings pics and they represent 3 different nest sites within a 200 yard radius.

The female owl at right looks out from the burrow.