Eastern Screech Owl Named Echo
This Eastern Screech Owl Named Echo was taken at Mountsberg Raptor Centre. Echo hatched in 2002. If a Screech Owl feels threatened and is unable to retreat ...
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This Eastern Screech Owl Named Echo was taken at Mountsberg Raptor Centre. Echo hatched in 2002. If a Screech Owl feels threatened and is unable to retreat back into its nest cavity, it will pull in all of its feathers, stand up tall, close its eyes and put up its ear tuffs so that they look like a branch on the tree. They like to eat most kinds of small animals, including birds and mammals as well as surprisingly large numbers of invertebrates, including earthworms, insects, crayfish, tadpoles, frogs, and lizards.
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kathyk_abq
February 14, 2017
How beautiful! I would love to see one of these, let alone capture one! :)
AnneDphotography
February 14, 2017
this is just so awesome ... wow ... I bet it was an exciting trip :) well done my dear
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mihrt
February 15, 2017
Amazing Capture Cher!! The detail and exposure are both lovely!! IMPRESSIVE !!
JulesB
February 16, 2017
You have quite a knack of being in exactly the right place/time.....excellent capture...love the focus, from both sides...hehehe.
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Bruz
February 20, 2017
This image is my favorite Cher. Detail where you need it and a beautiful background to go with the owl. Awesome thru out.
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adriansart
March 06, 2017
Absolute classic Cher from the composition right through to the lovely bokeh behind the tree!
jeanlindfors
April 11, 2017
Beautiful portfolio ! love your explanations of the pictures.Fontenelle Forest in Omaha has a rapture rescue program.Have u seen the eagle family in Decora,Iowa where the is a camera(non intrusive)is placed so that there are ongoing pics of the family?
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UnkleFrank
December 24, 2017
My compliments on a well captured image AND for a very well deserved Feature award.
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Location
This photograph of the Eastern Screech Owl whose name is Echo was taken in the country where there are many wild birds of prey but there is also a facility where birds of prey now live as they are unable to be released back into the wild for one reason or another. It is called Mountsberg Raptor Centre which is located near Campbellford, Ontario.Time
I took this photograph on a cool but beautiful winter's day at 11:00 a.m.Lighting
It was such a beautiful day that no flash was required with this photograph.Equipment
I used my Canon camera which was hand held. I do not have expensive camera equipment nor do I believe that you need to have an expensive camera to capture a beautiful photograph. The camera does not take the photograph but the photographer does.Inspiration
I have always loved any birds of prey. I find them to be so regal, graceful, swift and powerful that they just amaze me. When the opportunity arose to photograph the birds of prey, I jumped at it.Editing
The only minor post-processing I did on this photograph was to cropped it a bit and then I used Photomatix to make the photograph a bit more vibrant! Otherwise what you see is what came straight out of my camera.In my camera bag
In my camera bag I carry my Canon camera, extra batteries, various filters, lens filter cleaner and extra memory cards.Feedback
I believe that every photograph tells a story, so make your photograph tell a story. Photography changes the way you see things. You notice colours, textures, people, nature … everything around you looks different when you start to see the world through a lens. Have fun and enjoy doing what you love doing, which is taking photographs. Don’t follow your dreams … chase them!
