Was bait used? Assuming not, any tips for getting this sort of owl behavior to occur in front of our lenses?
I've a lot of experience with barred owls. (Live less than 100 yards from a barred owl nest; each year, watch a new barred owl brood grow up. Have called barred owls by voice for four decades, in several states, in all months of the year. Have had barred owl pairs come within 10 feet in daytime, had juveniles beg food from me, and watched barred owl pairs feed mice/voles to young a few feet away.) But I have never gotten behavior such as you've shown, in good light, in front of my lens.
How do you elicit the owl behavior you've recorded here?
Best,
--Chris S. (different Chris S. from prior poster)
Edit: I see you had already answered my question--no, you did not bait! Sorry, missed this, my bad!
So I wonder, why are your barred owls more cooperative than mine?
A delight to see these in-flight images and they are excellent! #1 is strong, #2 is a how the heck did you get that shot!, #3 is an in-your-face amazing capture, #4 is beauty in flight, #5 nicely displays top, #6 well a doomed ending for the vole an amazing moment for you to capture, #7 WOW!, #8 a great capture of those black ink colored eyes and #9 is a great departing image
I’ve also had many encountered with Barred owls over the years. These two were the most cooperative.
I guess no one ever knows for sure when working with nature
I believe the two things that helped me
1). I was in a remote area and these birds would likely have not seen many people before.
2)A winter storm was approaching, and I believe these birds were just stocking up on food
I saw them catch three prey items during the roughly 90 minutes I spent with them. Luck always has a little bit to do with it. Lucky to see the first bird as I was driving on the road. Good lighting is also the luck of the draw.
I took a few hundred photos. I’m sure I could prepare another post with several additional photos
Chris S. wrote:
Capital images!
Was bait used? Assuming not, any tips for getting this sort of owl behavior to occur in front of our lenses?
I've a lot of experience with barred owls. (Live less than 100 yards from a barred owl nest; each year, watch a new barred owl brood grow up. Have called barred owls by voice for four decades, in several states, in all months of the year. Have had barred owl pairs come within 10 feet in daytime, had juveniles beg food from me, and watched barred owl pairs feed mice/voles to young a few feet away.) But I have never gotten behavior such as you've shown, in good light, in front of my lens.
How do you elicit the owl behavior you've recorded here?
Best,
--Chris S. (different Chris S. from prior poster)
Edit: I see you had already answered my question--no, you did not bait! Sorry, missed this, my bad!
So I wonder, why are your barred owls more cooperative than mine?...Show more →
Karl Witt wrote:
A delight to see these in-flight images and they are excellent! #1 is strong, #2 is a how the heck did you get that shot!, #3 is an in-your-face amazing capture, #4 is beauty in flight, #5 nicely displays top, #6 well a doomed ending for the vole an amazing moment for you to capture, #7 WOW!, #8 a great capture of those black ink colored eyes and #9 is a great departing image
