As I said in my last post I had a few cool bird photos for this week. Well this one is a first for me! It is a photo of an owl I took a couple of weeks ago. Be sure to click on the photo to make it larger so its easier to see the owl. Believe it or not there is a tree near where I live that has an owl family in it! This male owl watches over the tree where his mate is and gets food for the female owl who is I assume sitting on her eggs in the hole. If any birds or animals get close to the hole he chases after them to protect his family. They are a noisy bunch always hooting back and forth. After researching online I found out it is a Barred Owl and has a really unique hoot that they describe on that site I linked to as sounding like: “Who, cooks, for-you? Who, cooks, for-you, all?” There is alot more great information about Barred Owls at that link.
What is really cool about this is the tree the mother owl is in is the same one that the Raccoon family lived in a couple of years ago! I am hoping to get more photos of the male owl and maybe the mother owl someday too if she ever comes out of the hole! And who knows maybe I will get some of the baby owls too!
Such a cool shot of the Owl what a cool find look forward to seeing more shot sof it
Cool. I have almost never seen an owl in the wild.
This was a first for me as well!
man, you’re lucky to have them living so close to you! it can make for a cool short series too..
nice capture.. 
wow wonderful capt
Andy, this is great! She has her head at about 120 degrees to keep an eye on you! I’ve only seen owls in the wild at night, and usually in flight or sitting on top of a sign at the side of the highway - no good photo ops!
awww i want an owl family too!!! great shot of the protector!! and i loved the description of the hoot lolol
They have such a majestic stance and pretty faces. They look harmless, but looks are deceiving:-) Your portrait is beautiful.
Very ood shot!
Spectacular shot, I have yet to capture one. Wow, absolutely amazing, a great nature image.
This is so cool, Andy. I have never seen an owl in its natural habitat like this. You have got to be in heaven, watching and waiting!
Fabulous owl shot. I like how he’s giving you his full attention. Well done.
Very cool shot. Owls are gorgeous creatures.
What a beauty!! I’ve never been lucky enough to see a ‘real’ owl myself. Love the image…
cheers for the comment and thanks for visiting my site. I really like the owls, I wish there were some to shoot here where I love. How do you manage to capture them? I though they were really shy.. and that they were mainly around at night time..
How cool is that! Really well done.
i love owls, cool shot
that’s incredible andy! awesome shot capturing the owl’s isolated emotions here.
Superb capture with a very good framing. Have a lovely day. Antoine.
Beautiful capture !!
Great how he blends into the surrounding!
Cute owl, great shot!
Oh, well done, Andy! We have lots of burrowing owls around where I live, where their nests are in the ground. I was out walking my dog after dark one night and one swooped low over head, it’s wing making a wooshing noise. It was pretty cool. And a little creepy.
A very beautiful capture and a wonderful shot !
Well done .