Snowy owl

Posted by OntPhoto on Sat Feb 06, 2016 1:49 am

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Although we have a fair number of snowy owls in the Ottawa area (at least 5+ in the Eagleson - Richmond road area) it pales in comparison to places like Wolfe Island where a survey counted 46 snowy owls yesterday. 46.

Someone counted 26 snowy owls on Amherst Island in late January. Also in January, 11 were seen east of Casselman and in the St-Isidore area. This is the 3rd straight year where higher than normal numbers of these owls have been seen.

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by Karl Egressy on Sat Feb 06, 2016 9:46 am

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Great BIF image, Wilson. I would eliminate the dark area from the bottom, if it were mine.

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by dhanson on Sat Feb 06, 2016 2:10 pm

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Snowys are what makes the winter tolerable for me

Love the outstretched curve of the wings. The blur creates nice movement
Nice flight image of a beautiful owl

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by Axel Hildebrandt on Sat Feb 06, 2016 4:46 pm

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Great pose and BG colors.

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by Ed Cordes on Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:38 pm

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Great image. Hope I can get to Canada some time soon.

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by Dorian Anderson on Sat Feb 06, 2016 7:17 pm

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Great shot. Massachusetts and the Northeastern United States has also some big influxes in that same time, particular 2013-2014. I saw 13 of them around Boston in a day that year. One bird made it to Jacksonville Florida if you can believe that!

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by tinyfishy on Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:08 am

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Lovely flight pose Wilson and gorgeous light too.

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