Saturday, 6 April 2013

Early Birds









Recently I have made a couple of early morning visits to see a local barn owl. It has been very frosty first thing but the sun was very welcome and the nagging east wind had subsided a little.On my first visit the barn owl very obligingly perched up on a post that I had provided and made a nice image in the morning sun.The owls didn't stay around for long and didn't catch prey whilst I was there.Maybe the prolonged bitter winter weather has had a detrimental effect on prey numbers.It was still wonderful to watch and photograph these enigmatic birds and I hope you enjoy looking at my efforts above.
Posted by at

6 comments:

  1. Pete Woodruff6 April 2013 at 11:42

    Enjoyed looking at your latest Barn Owl quest Brian. Well worth the effort of an early morning start.

    There are so many words to describe photography like this but I'll stick with excellent again!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Millhouse Photography6 April 2013 at 13:25

    The perched ones show stunning early morning glow, Brian and are gorgeous. I especially like the back-lighting through the 6 and 7 - lovely stuff. The final one is a fantastic close-up of a classic pose. As Pete says, well worth the early start.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Unknown6 April 2013 at 21:03

    Wonderful images of the local barnie Brian,well worth the effort of an early start,I'd just love to get one on a post like your first image. Very well done.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Julie Hargreaves11 April 2013 at 21:23

    Beautiful series of owl photos

    ReplyDelete
  5. Tim James12 April 2013 at 19:10

    Beautiful series of shots Brian. Fabulous work – Tim

    ReplyDelete
  6. Brian Rafferty12 April 2013 at 21:10

    Thanks everyone,your comments are very much appreciated.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)