\u00a01\/800, f\/8, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nThis owl, and one other, perched in the tamarisk for about a week but on most days they were virtually impossible to see unless you knew where to look.\u00a0 But on two cold, early\u00a0mornings I found one of them in this spot where it was exposed to the warming rays of the sun.\u00a0 Its breast and belly feathers are wet, as are the drooping ear tufts.<\/p>\n
These birds sleep during much of the day\u00a0but their slumber is light and alert as evidenced by their ear tuft (“horn”)\u00a0movements in response to any slight\u00a0sound, even with eyes closed\u00a0–\u00a0a behavior\u00a0that’s interesting to observe if you’re lucky enough to be sufficiently close to a sleeping owl.<\/p>\n
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Typically when I find a Great Horned Owl in a natural setting it’s so deeply buried in the tree or foliage that it can barely be seen.\u00a0 This is a deliberate behavior, at least in part to avoid mobbing birds of many species.\u00a0 Crows, for example, will invariably mob an exposed GHO, pursuing it from tree to tree and calling out to other crows to recruit them to join in. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\/800, f\/8, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, set up or called in This owl, and one other, perched in the tamarisk for about a week but on most days they were virtually impossible to see unless you knew where to look.\u00a0 But on two cold, early\u00a0mornings I found one of them in this spot where it was exposed to the warming rays of the sun.\u00a0 Its breast and belly feathers are wet, as are the drooping ear tufts. These birds sleep during much of the day\u00a0but their slumber is light and alert as evidenced by their ear tuft (“horn”)\u00a0movements in response to any slight\u00a0sound, even with eyes closed\u00a0–\u00a0a behavior\u00a0that’s interesting to observe if you’re lucky enough to be sufficiently close to a sleeping owl. Ron<\/p>\n
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