There is really no story behind this shot. The neighborhood kids alerted me that two owls were in the palm tree, so I ran out with my camera and got this shot of one of the barred owls. She really is a beauty and her cooing who-who’s are soothing music wafting through the orange blossom scent on a Florida day in March. We have wonderful neighbors on this block, and not all of them live in houses.
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What a beauty! I just love owls. I know we have some in the woods behind our house, but I can’t ever get close enough to get a good shot.
Some of the birds around here have become quite used to people apparently. The owls and hawks will sit in the tree above or even closer and just look at you. This one was about fifteen feet up the palm tree I stood under. Once I cropped it she looks closer. Her partner sat on a tree limb, but the lighting was not as good. I usually see them at dusk, but the kids tell me they are out a lot during the day. They are so precious. Glad you like it.
That is the perfect shot and the perfect owl and in daylight to boot. Beautiful
She truly is beautiful. I can almost here the hooting.
What a beautiful owl! How lucky for you. 🙂
We have great horned owls in the woods at the back of the pond. We can hear them quite well, especially at night, but rarely get to see them.
They’re so expressive, owls are.
I’ll never forget the forest quiet, during walks as a boy, and then the call: “who cooks for you? who cooks for you all!” we heard it several times before we ever saw the barred owl, soaring across a road in front of us.
Great pic!