alanpeterson

Hunting at Sunset

Hunting at Sunset

A Short-eared Owl looks for voles in the Mad River Slough Wildlife Area during the day's last light.

A Short-eared Owl looks for voles in the Mad River Slough Wildlife Area during the day's last light.
Read less

upload_date

Jan, 2016

Views

140

Likes

+29

Awards

Superb Composition

+2

Peer Award

Magnificent Capture

Top Choice

Love it

Absolute Masterpiece

Superior Skill

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 30 rank week 1

Categories

Ultimate

Beautiful capture

PRO+

Really cool.

See all

Same photographer See all

A Barn Swallow feeding its fledglings at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary.

As a Gentoo Penguin chick wakes up from a nap, its parent bends over for a feeding.

A young Northern Harrier patrols the freshwater ponds at Arcata Marsh as the sun sets.

A Chinstrap Penguin cares for its chicks on a rookery above Orne Harbor along the Antarctic Peninsula.

A Short-eared Owl at sunset in Arcata Bottoms

An Anna's Hummingbird is startled by a passing bee.

Rays of sun piercing the fog in a spruce forest at Patrick's Point State Park.

The forests in Trinidad, California reach right up to the edges of the oceanside bluffs. As the sun sets over the pacific, the branches are bathed in

Sun beams in the fog at Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park.

A Mallard quacks at an approaching Greater Yellowlegs as the sun sets at Arcata Marsh's brackish pond.

A Great Egret swallowing a fry in the McDaniel Slough tidal wetlands at Arcata Marsh

An Osprey was perched on a tree over the path that lead back to my car at Clear Lake, California. I thought it would fly away as I walked under it, bu

A Short-eared Owl takes off after an unsuccessful dive while hunting at dusk in the Mad River Slough Wildlife Area.

The Great Gray Owl visiting Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park perches on the fence near the road and scans the embankment for voles.

A harbor seal sits on a rock, shrouded by the coastal fog on Trinidad State Beach.

Hugo (top) and Olaf (bottom) from a portrait shoot for the HumCats cat art festival.

One Short-eared Owl trying to steal a vole from another at Arcata Bottoms.

Another Wood Duck drake has visited Sequoia Park.

Discover more photos See all

A pigeon stares at me whilst it stands casually on a wall overlooking the Thames river by AspMan

A kudu bull in the evening sun at Chobe National Park, Botswana, by chriswhittier

Arabian horse dancing in the morning mist during golden hour. by katarzynaokrzesik

The king of Inverness by carlosgamo

A Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) posing nicely on a tree in India. by bpwhite

My lovely cat by CameraLucida

Honeymoon Couple in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier PArk South Africa by RudiZ

Piesd Shags form a Yin Yang sign by johankoch

Luna Bunny by KatieMcKinneyPhotography

The Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 002 by Badgrandad

Taken at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy by HeyitsK

the big turtle by Ruslan_RC

Riffel Long Neck 0420 Masai Giraffe by robertriffel

On Safari in Kenya and Tanzania by vndrpttn

This is a Trinchesia yamasui nudibranch, found on a night dive in Komodo, Indonesia This one was only a couple of cm long. In this photo it is sitting by garybrennand

A Brown Bear walking the beaches of backcountry Alaska surrounded by lovely pink fireweed.

20220731-7E3A7827 by ColoradobornImages

Puffin taking off in Bleik, Norway by NateEllingson

horse and snow by Verliefdoputrecht

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.