Barred owl

I've been volunteering at the Idaho State Park at Priest Lake this summer, which is providing me with some great photo ops.

Pretty unusual to see a barred owl on the ground, holding his ground (and an unfortunate ground squirrel.)

That raven in the one shot was MUCH bigger than a football.









Photos taken with a new, but old-model Canon t3i I bought in June from amazon -- I just couldn't justify the minor improvements of the t4i and t5i for their price.

What a great opportunity! I sometimes hear owls but rarely see them, and only at night when they're scaring the crap out of me by flying past, from the dark.

Cheers,

Great photos.

Late last year, I was able to photograph a barred owl in the neighborhood. I have seen them on the ground while I am walking in the back near the bayou. We also have Great Horned Owls in the same area.

ndsol:

Great pix. They really are big birds. We saw one of the "babies" seen earlier this summer last night on a low branch and it was huge. It was still making that hissing screech (of the young, I guess.) Further away we could hear what was apparently the mom with her "Who cooks for you?" I've never seen a great horned owl.

I'm a little late seeing your post, but I want to thank you! Owls are my favorite, and you have some great pics.

I'm a little late on this, but great pics. I bought my wife a T2i a few years ago because I couldn't justify the higher price of the T3i for one minor improvement. She just started with a photography class this week and is now really getting in to how to use all the manual functions.

Also, I didn't realize you were in Idaho. I thought you were in Colorado.

Awesome shots thanks for sharing them!