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Nature Sometimes Does Give "Do-Overs" - Great Horned Owl (Female)

April 20, 2016 • Leave a Comment

NATURE SOMETIMES DOES GIVE "DO-OVERS" - Great Horned Owl - Female (Rule No. 6 - There are no "do-overs" in Nature.) Having discarded my primary philosophy (never leave your subject) for five minutes, I returned to find that Mrs. Owl had flown from the nest and back again. Thereby missing a great flying photo opportunity. (Another photographer was...

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK - APR 17, 2016 - "GOING INTO THE LIGHT" - Great Horned Owl (Female)

April 17, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"GOING INTO THE LIGHT" - Great Horned Owl (Female) - 2 photos Sometimes you just cannot choose the lighting you would like! And sometimes you can!

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"NO SPRING CHICKEN" - Great Horned Owlet (and Parents)

April 15, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"NO SPRING CHICKEN" - Great Horned Owlet (and Parents) This little owlet has much to live up to, with Dad hunting at night for the entire family and keeping a look-out during the day and Mum protecting this owlet and its sibling in the nest. (Mum's photo was taken during a fly over and attempted roost by a Canada Goose. Dad soon took care of that w...

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SNEAK PREVIEW (IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE) - Great Horned Owl - Female (and Owlet)

April 12, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"SNEAK PREVIEW (IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE) - Great Horned Owl - Female (and Owlet) This owl could only have beautiful offspring (and check out the left bottom corner between the tree trunk and Mrs.)

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK - Apr 11, 2016 - "HOW TO WING IT!" - Great Horned Owl (Male)

April 09, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"HOW TO WING IT!" - Great Horned Owl (Male) (THOSE HOURS SPENT WATCHING "PRE-FLIGHT PLANS/PREPARATIONS DO PAY DIVIDENDS - 3 photos) Also See Gallery Link http://www.inaturephoto.com/howtowingit PHOTO 1 PHOTO 2 PHOTO 3

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"HOUSTON - WE HAVE LIFT OFF!" - Great Horned Owl (Male)

April 09, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"HOUSTON - WE HAVE LIFT OFF!" - Great Horned Owl (Male) (Scroll below for "Houston - All Systems Go!" & Houston - We Have Ignition") - 2 additional photos "HOUSTON - ALL SYSTEMS GO!" "HOUSTON - WE HAVE IGNITION!"

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"NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION" - Northern Flicker

April 04, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION" - Northern Flicker (3 photos) Construction Site Construction Worker

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"THE MAGIC OF CAMOUFLAGE" - Great Horned Owl (Female)

April 02, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"THE MAGIC OF CAMOUFLAGE" - Great Horned Owl (Female) Feathers to the right of Mrs., tree bark far right - which begs the question, "How Does Nature Do It?" (And yes, it won't be long now before the owlets make their public appearances.)

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Photo of the Week - Apr 3, 2016 - "REAL FLIGHT" - Great Horned Owl (Male)

April 01, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"REAL FLIGHT" - Great Horned Owl (Male) - 2 photos (Fish Creek Provincial Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada) So there we were, early evening, photographer watching the male Great Horned Owl perched on an open tree branch with the sun now casting a shadow from a nearby branch. Jokingly, I asked, "If you could just move to your right, my left - it woul...

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