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Mona Lisa Snowy

This young lady sitting on a berm turned her head and looked at me and just sat there grinning. I know she wasn't but thats the face she put on for me. She...
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This young lady sitting on a berm turned her head and looked at me and just sat there grinning. I know she wasn't but thats the face she put on for me. She's adorable
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Canon EOS-1D X

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Aperture f/8 ISO 800 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 560/1

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May, 2017

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You captured the smile, well timed perfect.

Truly stunning! Excellent work!

I love Snowy Owls. Great capture.

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This time of year we start to see the GHO looking for love and nesting areas. This male flew at dusk towards the calls of a female in my forest.

A bit of an optical illusion, I managed to capture this image as this bird was coming towards me and just before she banked sharply to the left.

Here's a female Snowy Owl who was hunkered down in a wind storm, night was approaching and she lifted off to her night roost. It looks a lot more

A Great Horned Owl obliterating his perch on lift off.

A Eurasian Eagle Owl stumping in the wind.

A mature male snowy I surprised while climbing over a snow bank. He was invisible.

A kitten I found on the fence in a snow storm

A Barred Owl with yellow leaves as a background. It was sitting basking in the sun with eyes closed for several minutes. Not common for an owl.

This Snowy Owl was packing it in for the day and heading back to her roost point. I was able to see that she was about to launch and made the image.

A Baldie skimming a fishing pond

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This female Snowy Owl didn't let a little horrible weather get in the way of her trying to survive. They truly are incredible creatures

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