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Owl On The Wing

I've been trying to get this shot for over a year now. Capturing a head-on shot of an owl in flight is hard! You need a good location with a hill allowing you to get at their level. You'll probably get one, maybe two chances on any given night to get one of them leaving their roost. After that your chances of being in the right place for the shot go way down. They tend to fly to one of a few favored spots to start their evening hunt, but there's no guarantee they'll pick the flight line […]

https://jacquesfortierart.com/2025/05/08/owl-on-the-wing/

Night Owlets

A pair of recently fledged owlets prepare to explore their neighborhood as night falls over the city.

Great Horned owl mama & two owlets. Can you spot both owlets?

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An owl in their tree cavity nest with two chicks and green foliage in the background.

Taking Flight

It takes a lot of patience to get a photo of a Great Horned Owl taking flight. When you’re sitting on a hillside on a warm spring day watching the sun set, the minutes tick by pretty quickly.

One of the parents of the Great Horn Owlets I posted previously. #owl #greathornedowl #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Owl on Rock

I found this Great Horned Owl hanging out on its favorite rock again. It had flown down from its tree well before sunset this time, giving me an opportunity to capture it with the fading glow of the day reflecting off the hills in the background.

TFW the monkeys are stomping around again.
The great horned owls have taken over last year’s red-tailed hawk nest! Chicks may have hatched since they seem to be standing on the nest sometimes instead of constantly brooding. They’ve never nested close by before and it’s been SO DAMN COOL. Hoo-hooing most nights for MONTHS <3
#birds #BirdsOfPrey #owl #GreatHornedOwl #UrbanWildlife #Indiana #Midwest #photo #photography #PhotographersOfMastodon #NativePlants #Sycamore #Cottonwood

An owl nest against an overcast sky, fairly small in frame. A well camouflaged owl is peering over the edge of the nest, its silhouette only made obvious by its prominent ear tufts. The nest is framed naturally by tree trunks, dark brown cottonwood bark and mottled white-grey American sycamore bark. A few branches are just beginning to leaf out.

Momma is always watching
#owls #greathornedowl #birds #owlphotography #birdphotography

Do you know how hard it is to photograph two large fluffballs at the extreme end of your zoom capability while hiding in a truck so they don't see you?

Worth it.

Short video link: https://lone.earth/w/uuYdSwSktMNeShrLjL1UP2

#StillwaterNWR #ChurchillCounty #Nevada #Birds #Birding #BirdWatching #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #GreatHornedOwl
Killdeer

Two very young great horned owls, their feathers still a fluffy white down and their faces a deep black with bright yellow eyes, rest in a nest made of sticks high up in a bare tree. They are facing in opposite directions, the one on the left looking out over the field, while the one on the right is looking down at something below the tree.

Two very young great horned owls, their feathers still a fluffy white down, rest in a nest made of sticks high up in a bare tree. They are both turned away from the camera, with the taller of the two caught in the middle of a big stretch of the left wing, showing off the feathers as they grow in.

Stacking Owls

These owls were kind of enough to line up in roughly the same focal plane just before sunset.

#greathornedowl

I always enjoy hearing Great Horned Owls calling & even better—hearing 2 GHOs duetting! Here’s my Perpetual Journal art of 2 GHOs duetting, a Cooper’s Hawk, & a small Mexican Poppy plant.

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #ecosystem #ecology #nature #outdoors #poppy #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #birdsong #hawk #CoopersHawk #Owl #GreatHornedOwl

My 2025 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of 2 Great Horned Owls duetting; my 2024 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of a small Mexican Poppy plant; & my 2023 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of a Cooper's Hawk.

Hoo Goes There?

#GreatHornedOwl #Owl #Owlet #BabyBird #Raptor #Birds #Wildlife

A juvenile Great Horned Owl in its nest with its parent. It is looking directly at the camera with its yellow eyes.

#ShortBreak #shorts #owl #rescue #owlrescue #greathornedowl #humor #funny #voiceover

WOW! Beautiful 😍

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8A73jLntSgQ

Cornell Lab Bird Cams - Great Horned Owls #GreatHornedOwl #GHOW

Great Horned Owl Scene

In my latest blog post I’ve continued my blog mini-series entitled All About Birds. Here’s Part 2 in that series, featuring my art & natural history info:

https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/all-about-birds-part-2

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #blog #Tucson #SonoranDesert #environment #ecosystem #ecology #nature #outdoors #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #hawk #CoopersHawk #RedTailedHawk #CedarWaxwing #Owl #GreatHornedOwl

My watercolor art of a Red-tailed Hawk, with text overlaid that reads "All About Birds, Part 2 - Red-tailed Hawks, Cedar Waxwings, Great Horned Owls & Cooper's Hawks" - paulaborchardt.substack.com

Great Horned Owl

#greathornedowl #owl #raptor #naturephotography #nature #birds #birders #birdwatchers #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #descansogardens #DailyBird #BirdsOfPixelfed #BirdsOfMastodon #naturephotos #LAWildlife #losangeles

A large owl perched on a tree branch, showcasing its majestic feathers and keen gaze in a natural setting.

Right, I got an #AskFedi here: how should you dispose of a wild #OwlPellet ? Somebody (presumably the #GreatHornedOwl that's been heard around here) left a very large one on the porch.
I'm guessing "gloves and green waste" is the easy answer, but I know these things are useful for Owl Science sometimes? So, how would I find out if there was an Owl Scientist who might want the thing?
#Owls #OwlScience #BuboVirginianus #BuboVirginianusPacificus

#GreatHornedOwl

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