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We got a surprize....Barn Owls...

AlabamaJack

AlabamaJack

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While I was out at the ranch (read hunting lease) this weekend, one of my friends told me he wanted me to see something...we got in his jeep and took a ride down to his stand...I had the camera ready and "gently" shook the stand...look what came out....

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I could not have asked for a better view...the barn owl came out of the hunting blind straight at me and swooped down slightly to my left...he was looking straight at me and as I snapped the picture, he looked to his right to see where he was going...

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after he passed, I turned around and there he was making his gettaway....

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I don't know whether you can see how big this owl was but his wing span was close to 6 1/2 ' (2 meters)
 
Wow, nice shot of a beautiful bird.

Sigh, makes me miss the country...all I see here is misc. small birds, pidgeons, crows and landgulls.
 
yes, 8 eggs, and another blind had two more owls with eight eggs too..

prolific it seems...there are a lot of rodents there for them to eat..
 
I'll have to scan in the picture that was taken right outside my back yard two years ago. It seems that we have a pair of really rare owls (don't ask me what kind...) that nest in a tree here in the golf course. The year the picture was taken, a baby fell out of the nest. Now when I say baby... The body of this "baby" was easily as big as the torso of the animal control guy, and the feet were almost as big as his hands. The little owl was still too small to fly.
 
Dang DD thats a huge owl...has to be a great horned...isn't that the biggest in the continental US?
 
Like I said, I have no idea what kind of owl it is. They should be back this year, I'll try to get a shot of them. Their nest is almost the size of a VW Bug.

However, when they are in the neighborhood, the "lost cat" posters are all over the place.
 
Ok... I exaggerated on the size of the baby owl. It's been awhile since I've seen the pic. But, if you look at the animal control guy, he's looking up in the nest to make sure mommy and daddy aren't home!

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Bent, that bird looks like he is hunting cut worms....do you know what kind it is?....kinda resembles a brown thresher we have here in the states...
 
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