Hawk and Owl

[SCraig]

I was walking around Radnor Lake this morning waiting for SM4HIM to call and tell me she had arrived. When she did she said that one of the rangers had a Great Horned Owl and a Red Shouldered Hawk out showing them off. Both of them were injured and rehabilitated although the owl only has one wing. Absolutely gorgeous birds!

 

[hopdaddy]

Awesome work Scott !

 

[BillM]

Great shots !!!!

 

[tirediron]

I'd love to know what he's telling you in that last image! Well captured.

 

[pjaye]

Amazing pictures.

 

[SCraig]

Awesome work Scott !

Great shots !!!!

I'd love to know what he's telling you in that last image! Well captured.

Amazing pictures.

Thanks guys. It's hard not to get good shots when one has fabulous subjects like these. They are absolutely beautiful birds. Luckily Sharon got there behind me since when I walked by the ranger was just getting of her vehicle and I had no idea she was going to pull these guys out!

John, I have no idea what he was telling me but it's easy to tell by the look that it wasn't a compliment

 

[MSnowy]

Nice set.

 

[SCraig]

Nice set.

Thanks.

I thought about you when we were watching them. A woman was talking to the ranger and said that she has been seeing two large, white birds in one of her trees for the past week. She said they were larger than the Great Horned Owl. I wondered whether they were Snowy Owls and the ranger said that occasionally, depending on the northern weather, they do get down this far south. Guess I'll have to spend more time in the woods

 

[baturn]

All gorgeous, but the closeups of the owls face are outstanding!

 

[mishele]

Wow! You guys lucked out! That's awesome that you got a chance to see these beauties up close. I hope you guys had a great time. =)

 

[SCraig]

All gorgeous, but the closeups of the owls face are outstanding!

Thanks, Brian. He is a beautiful bird. I'd rather see them in the wild but I'm glad there are people taking care of them when they get hurt.

Wow! You guys lucked out! That's awesome that you got a chance to see these beauties up close. I hope you guys had a great time. =)

Yep, we really did. Both get lucky and have a great time Sharon and her sister took a bunch of shots as well so maybe she'll post some of them here to.

 

[snowbear153 83]

Fantastic shots. Thanks for posting.

 

[oldhippy]

Beautiful, having bird envy here.

 

[MSnowy]

Nice set.

Thanks.

I thought about you when we were watching them. A woman was talking to the ranger and said that she has been seeing two large, white birds in one of her trees for the past week. She said they were larger than the Great Horned Owl. I wondered whether they were Snowy Owls and the ranger said that occasionally, depending on the northern weather, they do get down this far south. Guess I'll have to spend more time in the woods

Hey keep an eye for snowys down there. One was seen in Florida last week.

Rare snowy owl spotted in Florida - Orlando Sentinel

 

[JacaRanda]

Wow. It never gets old. I never thought the ears or horns on the owl had feathers like that. Sounds weird I know, but I just never thought or knew.

Did you know how close you were and how did it feel if you did not have the camera up to your eye?