Owls, owls, owls
Jun. 17th, 2010 10:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eregyrnThank you to folks for the birthday wishes. :) I had a nice, quiet, flobby day.
I also got some long-overdue stuff done, such as uploading some pics for posting. Today, pics from an owl show back on June 6th, at the spring festival at the Ipswich Audubon reserve. The program was courtesy of Eyes on Owls, a couple who care for birds who can't be released back into the wild for various reasons, and who have trained them as educational owls.
The photo quality here is somewhat disappointing, as it was a grey, dark day, and the tent set up for the owl show was made out of yellow canvas -- thus, the strange quality of the light. The few clearer shots are because I was standing at the back edge, and Marcia, who handled the owls, would bring them around for people to get a closer look at, so I was able to get a few pics from quite close, and under more natural light.
As usual, you can click through for larger versions of the images.
Above were the first owls out, an Eastern screech owl (rufous phase), and a Northern saw-whet owl. Nice size comparison there. They really are the dearest little things.
Next, a barred owl:
Moving away from local owls for a moment: a spectacled owl, which is a Central and South American owl:
A lovely great horned owl, whose disability is rather obvious:
A male snowy owl:
Finally, a European eagle owl -- BIG!
Tomorrow, update on hawks!
I also got some long-overdue stuff done, such as uploading some pics for posting. Today, pics from an owl show back on June 6th, at the spring festival at the Ipswich Audubon reserve. The program was courtesy of Eyes on Owls, a couple who care for birds who can't be released back into the wild for various reasons, and who have trained them as educational owls.
The photo quality here is somewhat disappointing, as it was a grey, dark day, and the tent set up for the owl show was made out of yellow canvas -- thus, the strange quality of the light. The few clearer shots are because I was standing at the back edge, and Marcia, who handled the owls, would bring them around for people to get a closer look at, so I was able to get a few pics from quite close, and under more natural light.
As usual, you can click through for larger versions of the images.
Above were the first owls out, an Eastern screech owl (rufous phase), and a Northern saw-whet owl. Nice size comparison there. They really are the dearest little things.
Next, a barred owl:
Moving away from local owls for a moment: a spectacled owl, which is a Central and South American owl:
A lovely great horned owl, whose disability is rather obvious:
A male snowy owl:
Finally, a European eagle owl -- BIG!
Tomorrow, update on hawks!
