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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-13-2018, 12:55 PM
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Went out and checked my back yard Oak tree and saw my friendly Screech Owl back in the hollow from a limb being cut off 15 or so years ago. Glad to see it. I believe it is the male as the female is larger. Hopefully they will bring up another group of babies this year. All taken with K-3 and Pemtax FA* 300 mm f 4.5 lens
 Screech Owl by Steve, on Flickr
 Screech Owl by Steve, on Flickr
 Screech Owl by Steve, on Flickr
Steve
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-13-2017, 03:23 PM
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Norm,
I can see the difference between your shots of the blue jay. Really like the K-1 better.
Steve
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I tried to wake the little owl up so I could get it with its eyes open. This is the best I could do with out running it off.
 Screech Owl by Steve, on Flickr
Steve
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-12-2017, 02:05 PM
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Looks like the Screech Owl had come back to the hollow in my back yard old Oak tree. Here is a shot from today.
 Screech Owl by Steve, on Flickr
Steve
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-23-2017, 04:29 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-14-2017, 06:14 AM
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Beautiful shot. I bet it tastes like chicken.
Steve
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-12-2017, 12:31 PM
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I liked it so much I bought another and now have 2. The second one does not have an original lens hood so I bought a screw-on type. It works fine.
Steve
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-12-2017, 11:15 AM
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My favorite lens. I have a M 500 mm 4.5, Tamron 300 mm 2.8, and the DA 55-300 mm Wr. None can touch it as far as quality, ease of use and sharpness.
 IMGP6257 by Steve, on Flickr
Steve
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-12-2017, 07:01 PM
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Yes,
That is what I read. I'm hoping. If I had not thought a bird was crapping on my head I would probably have never known they were there. Lol.
Steve
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-11-2017, 11:24 AM
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Couldn't find the mother owl in her usual place in the tree so I started looking around for her. I finally spotted her higher in the tree. I had a hard time making out any details so I took a photo and blew it up. I was surprised to find another fledgling was with her. Here is the picture.
 Mother Screech Owl and 1st out of three juveniles by Steve, on Flickr
Steve
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-10-2017, 05:08 PM
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I check in here every once in a while to see some great wildlife and such. I decided I would throw some of my shots into the mix. I shot the owl for the last 4 days as I discovered a female sitting in my giant Oak tree right above my head by accident. Something fell on my head as I was sitting on my newly built deck under the tree. I thought it might be a red wasp again as one landed on my head the day before. I knocked it off and ground it into the deck with my boot. Man, those things can really hurt. I was lucky not to get stung. Anyway I looked up hoping a bird was not crapping on my head and saw what looked like a fuzzy knot on the tree about 40 ft up. After looking closer it looked like it had feathers. I had my FA* 300 mm 4.5 with me and scoped it out and to my surprise I saw it was an Owl. The next day I was sitting out on the deck sipping my coffee and I looked in the hollow where a limb had been cut off about 10 years ago at about 30 feet and saw a juvenile in the hole. Later that day I saw that there were at least 2 juveniles in it. I have been shooting them ever since. Here are a few of my favorite shots.
Underside of an Owl. How many time have you seen this? I figure that this is the Mother as the female does not hunt. Only the male.
 Underside of Screech Owl by Steve, on Flickr
Another shot of the female form the other side of the tree.
 Screech owl by Steve, on Flickr
A couple of the Juveniles located in the hollowed out limb that had been cut off 7 or 8 years ago.
 Two Juvenile Screech Owls by Steve, on Flickr
 Juvenile Screech Owls by Steve, on Flickr
I will shoot as many shots as I can before they are gone. For me it is a once in a lifetime chance to shoot owls.
Steve
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