Christmas Morning..

coastalconn · Dec 25, 2015

Wow, 65 and sunny of Christmas. Guess this global warming stuff is the real deal. Made a trip out this morning and found a few critters. Supposedly there are 3 pelicans in a spot I shoot at 1/2 mile from my house so I am going to try to track them down on Saturday Morning.. Very rare in CT! Thanks for looking and comments welcome...

1 Couldn't avoid the twig, but how often do you see 2 Great Horned Owls snuggling up?

Great Horned Owls 12_25 by Kristofer Rowe, on Flickr

2 This guy was just posing for me

White Throated Sparrow 12_25 by Kristofer Rowe, on Flickr

3

Mockingbird 12_25 by Kristofer Rowe, on Flickr

4 Always a pain to get a crow exposed decently...

Crow 12_25 by Kristofer Rowe, on Flickr

5 This was actually Wednesday morning, cute little mink popped out of the leaves...

American Mink 12_23 high ISO by Kristofer Rowe, on Flickr

Derrel · Dec 25, 2015

Nice stuff. 65 on December 25...sure you're on the right coast and not the left one? Crazy!

coastalconn · Dec 25, 2015

Derrel said:
Nice stuff. 65 on December 25...sure you're on the right coast and not the left one? Crazy!

In the afternoon when I was driving to a family gathering, the temp actually hit 70.. It was very bizarre... It felt like June...

JustJazzie · Dec 25, 2015

Expertly shot as always! The Owls are calling out to me today though. I'm happy I opened this thread and got to see that frame.

WesternGuy · Dec 26, 2015

Kris, nice pics and you are right - how often do you see two GHOs cuddling together? With your warm weather, maybe they thought it was spring and well you know what happens in Spring. :biggrin-93:

WesternGuy

wyogirl · Dec 26, 2015

The mink is adorable!

desertrattm2r12 · Dec 26, 2015

I'm in the California desert and it is freezing out here. Same temperature as New York City. Burrr. Love your creature features.

MSnowy · Dec 26, 2015

Nice set Kris

LarryLomona · Dec 26, 2015

Nice set

AKUK · Dec 26, 2015

Lovely set!

Woodsman · Dec 26, 2015

Outstanding, love the mink and the owls

limr · Dec 26, 2015

Really lovely. Another vote for the owls and the mink!

baturn · Dec 26, 2015

Nice! The Owls are great, but I kinda like the Mockingbird.

coastalconn · Dec 27, 2015

JustJazzie said:
Expertly shot as always! The Owls are calling out to me today though. I'm happy I opened this thread and got to see that frame.

WesternGuy said:
Kris, nice pics and you are right - how often do you see two GHOs cuddling together? With your warm weather, maybe they thought it was spring and well you know what happens in Spring.
WesternGuy

wyogirl said:
The mink is adorable!

desertrattm2r12 said:
I'm in the California desert and it is freezing out here. Same temperature as New York City. Burrr. Love your creature features.

MSnowy said:
Nice set Kris

LarryLomona said:
Nice set

AKUK said:
Lovely set!

Woodsman said:
Outstanding, love the mink and the owls

limr said:
Really lovely. Another vote for the owls and the mink!

baturn said:
Nice! The Owls are great, but I kinda like the Mockingbird.

Thank you for all the kind words! @WesternGuy GHO tend to mate very earlier so.. yup, lol. These 2 have been together for longer than I have been photographing them as they mate for life. People in my spot think it has been 7 years plus. @baturn I like the dynamic pose of the Mocker too, he was jumping up and eating bugs, pretty strange for December...

vintagesnaps · Dec 27, 2015

Beautiful set. I like the first one the best. I think the twig actually works; it's well placed with the vantage point you used, and it gives a feeling of the owl peeking out. Wonderful.