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Morning Barred Owl

Morning Barred Owl

This owl lives in our neighborhood, sleeping in our willow tree from time to time. He-she has become fairly accustomed to me, but is still weary of my husband w...
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This owl lives in our neighborhood, sleeping in our willow tree from time to time. He-she has become fairly accustomed to me, but is still weary of my husband who is a rather tall, muscular man. This picture was one of our first sightings of the beautiful creature.
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COOLPIX L830

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Aperture f/5.8 ISO 160 Shutter 1/125 Focal Length 886/10

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Sep, 2017

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