First Owl

[Scotty_P]

It was a very nice day today so I headed over to a little marsh that is a short walk from my house. There was nothing around when I first got there but after about 15mins of waiting a pissed off group of chickadees announced the arrival of this little owl, he was no bigger than a sparrow. I looked it up on the web and I think he is a Northern Pygmy Owl, I felt very lucky to have gotten some pictures of him.

the marsh
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cropppp
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[Bambi]

He is adorable!!! I spent 2 minutes searching the first picture for him :laugh:

too bad you couldn't have snuck up a little closer :)

[casil403]

Cute little fella :)

[Mad Aussie]

Cool!

[Iguanasan]

He is a cutie. I also spent a couple of minutes scanning "the marsh" shot looking for him :headslap:

[Scotty_P]

He is adorable!!! I spent 2 minutes searching the first picture for him :laugh:

too bad you couldn't have snuck up a little closer :)

Haha, sorry for the first "trick" image. I was actually pretty close, with a 200mm f5.6 lens, sure makes you want a nice 300mm f2. I was straining to keep my iso low to keep out the noise. More stuff to buy :)

[JAS_Photo]

He is a purdy little guy!

[MoinMoin]

I spent 2 minutes searching the first picture for him
I did the same! :D

This little feller ist very, very cute! Wasn't there a similar owl in the Harry Potter books?