It has been a fairly quiet winter birding wise. So it is really great to have some local Barn Owls.
They seem quite consistent lately and appear at approximately three thirty in the afternoon and some times there has been
up to 5 on the wing.
They are one of my favourite birds and who could not be impressed when they are quartering a field in the
hunt for field voles.
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In the Golden Hour with its eye on something
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This one came for a close fly by, allowing me to grab a quick image.
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| In Close for a fly by |
I kept very still as the Owl came along a wall hoping that it would land on the wall and felt really lucky as it alighted. I had to move really slowly and deliberately as it would have obviously taken off.
It was really exciting to lock the auto-focus on the bird and capture the images below. That was really adrenalin filled to be so close to this beautiful wild creature.
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| Wow so close |
The next image was one of my very favourites as the wall colours match the bird, and it places it in the environment of the Cotswold Hills. It looks so intense as it peers into the grass and listens out for any movement.
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| On a typical Dry Stone in the Cotswold Hills |
These are such amazing birds and they will certainly keep me occupied until the spring gets here and we get the summer migrants.
Who does not love Barn Owls I ask myself!
