Bird Watching: My Barred Owl is back!, 0 by Rarejem

Rarejem wrote:
I have enjoyed lurking on this forum, but although I spend a lot of time bird watching, I don't usually do it with a camera in my hand.

We have a pair of Barred Owls who live in our woods, and we love to listen to them call back and forth when we are working in the yard (although it drives the dogs absolutely nuts). This was my first real experience with an owl who wasn't exclusively nocturnal.

I catch them sitting in the trees above my pond every once in a while, and it just so happened that I DID have a camera in my hand this weekend when I saw the male. He was kind enough to pose for me until I got to be about 20 or so feet away from his tree... then he became camera shy.

At least I was able to catch a couple of fair shots and I thought some here might enjoy seeing him... he is a beauty!

Julie