Long-eared Owl - Asio otus
Canon 600mm f4 for 1/250th @ iso1000
One of three Long-eared owlets now mobile but still being fed by the parents, their plaintive cries for food very audible.
We met up at our usual spot up the path, with views across the meadow - two drawbacks from this spot the wind turbines unless any hunting owl is well lower than the distant hedge line mean there is a good chance of a turbine blade in the background. The second drawback is that any owl that sits up on one of the dead trees is very unlikely to happen as there are none in this area.
A bonus for me was the chap who been there all down in fact from 05:30 had a Canon R1 so good to see it in real life and the other bonus was to get to look through that massive viewfinder the R1 has.
Post a fly by of an adult Owl hunting to feed the ever vocal owlets - there was an opportunity to compare the number of shots achieved.
It has to be said the tracking on the Canon R1 left my IDX Mk3 behind somewhat - I lost focus as the bird flew closer before dropping into the grass. The screen on the R1 showed I guess a complete set of flight shots.
One of three Long-eared owlets now mobile but still being fed by the parents, their plaintive cries for food very audible.
We met up at our usual spot up the path, with views across the meadow - two drawbacks from this spot the wind turbines unless any hunting owl is well lower than the distant hedge line mean there is a good chance of a turbine blade in the background. The second drawback is that any owl that sits up on one of the dead trees is very unlikely to happen as there are none in this area.
A bonus for me was the chap who been there all down in fact from 05:30 had a Canon R1 so good to see it in real life and the other bonus was to get to look through that massive viewfinder the R1 has.
Post a fly by of an adult Owl hunting to feed the ever vocal owlets - there was an opportunity to compare the number of shots achieved.
It has to be said the tracking on the Canon R1 left my IDX Mk3 behind somewhat - I lost focus as the bird flew closer before dropping into the grass. The screen on the R1 showed I guess a complete set of flight shots.