Category: Owls
Burrowing Owl – Deja vu All Over Again
With apologies to Yogi Berra for the liberties I took with my title I decided to post an image I’ve posted before, long ago. Here’s why.
A Short-eared Owl Flying Right At Me
I think this owl might have been trying to intimidate me or maybe he was just curious about my pickup. Either way he sure did come in close.
A Stumbling, Bumbling Burrowing Owl
Young Burrowing Owls are pretty awkward when they’re still learning the ropes. In this case the “rope” was a wire.
Barbed Wire Barn Owl Released Back Into The Wild (with photos)
Status Report (with current photo) Of The Barn Owl That Was Entangled In Barbed Wire
Regular readers will remember my post of two weeks ago where I documented the heartbreaking story of this Barn Owl entangled in barbed wire in the Centennial Valley of Montana.
Juvenile Burrowing Owl – A Dynamic, Athletic Takeoff
This dynamic push-off from the perch at takeoff reminds me of a sprinter coming out of the starting blocks.
An Unforgettable Short-eared Owl
This individual Short-eared Owl has had a significant effect on the focus of my life as a bird photographer and nature lover.
Juvenile Burrowing Owl Playing Peekaboo
Sometimes I can’t explain well why I like an image – it just “grabs” me for some reason. In this case it’s for what I perceived as personal interaction with me.
Juvenile Burrowing Owls Checking Each Other Out
Juvenile Burrowing Owls are just as interested in and curious about their own siblings as they are everything else in their environment.
Great Horned Owl Showing Geographic Variation in Color
Most of the Great Horned Owls I post were photographed in Montana. This one’s from Utah and it demonstrates some interesting geographic variation in color.
Montana Farm Potpourri
Whenever I visit the northwest Montana farm where I grew up I feel like I’m returning home. It’s been 50 years since I actually lived there but I don’t think that feeling will ever leave me.
Great Horned Owl And A Ghostly Apparition
On a recent post about this Great Horned Owl I said I’d soon explain “the rest of the story” about the bird. This is it.
This Short-eared Owl Very Nearly Flew In My Pickup Window Yesterday Morning
A visit to Box Elder County yesterday morning resulted in a very close encounter with a female Short-eared Owl in flight.
Juvenile Great Horned Owl On The Farm
The Great Horned Owls on the Montana farm are unusually shy this summer so I only had two brief encounters with them on my recent trip.