2y ago

'Saw-whet owl looking for breakfast' by Kent Patrick-Riley

Four of us were lucky to spend 45 minutes on an October morning with a Northern saw-whet owl along the high Cascade crest. Conifer trees behind it made a muted blue background. Soon after its photo was taken, the owl swooped down with frost flying off its head - like it was flying in stars...

Found on flickr

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I love those little guys and their big googly eyes. 😍
I liked his description of the frost poof, and saw he does have photos of that too!
I have never seen this before in one of my photos -- frost flying from a birds head as it leapt into a dive. At first I thought the white stars above its head were an artifact of dust on my lens, but when I looked at other photos before and after I saw none -- but I did see frost on its head beforehand. So lucky.
Thans for the post!
- That is a lovely photo!
  I've been whizzing through suitable images to post and hadn't seen that one yet....So jealous of the action shot 👍
  
  He's got one that's less cropped than this one too, I just went with this one to see that big silly face better. 😜
  There are so many good photographers out there! I just want to be able to see some wild owls in person.
These are great photos! I love Saw-Whets. 🥰
I like this photo

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