Monday, May 23, 2011
Great Horned Owls ABDSP
On a recent trip to Anza Borrego Desert State Park with my son we spotted a large moving mass a few hundred feet up the rocks of a hillside. I pulled over and looked a little harder, turned out to be a Great Horned Owl. A male I believe. He was pretty far away and my 300mm lens just couldn't pull him in very close. As I was taking pictures of him my son saw two more owls, these were whiter in color and I believe the young owlets. They seemed to stay mostly hidden, only poking their heads out occasionally. The male flew off to a nearby crevice in the rocks where I believe the nest to have been and the young owlets finally emerged from hiding for a couple of pictures. After a few shots we left them alone and moved on.
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wow, I really like the habitat the owls are in. I bet you were thrilled to see them, I know I would be. The broken trees in my area are just natural. it's very dry here in Kamloops, BC and many of our pine have been lost to the mountain pine beetle.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, great shots. Just love them. Wish I was there.
Thanks Peter! Yeah, I was pretty excited to see them. Strange to see them in a snowy woodland area where you live and then in a desert with cholla cactus where I live.I think that is one of the reasons why we love the wildlife so much!
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