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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Well, what do you know... Drove for 3 hours in the early afternoon today around Irricana and found two snow owls for the first time in my life. 
The first one was sitting on a pole a few kms west of Irricana and another east of Keoma. Man, these birds did not like to get photographed! The first one gave us literally 2 minutes for a few quick shots handheld and flew away off the pole the moment I took out the tripod.
The second owl was too far away in a field to begin with but also flew away as soon as we got out of the vehicle...
Shots are not good, unfortunately. Could not get close enough and did not have enough time. These are 200% crops. Next time, will get a camera with a longer lens mounted on the tripod and ready...
I still can't believe we have purposely looked for and found them. Thanks, Buzzard!  |
Awesome, I'm happy you found some!
They are pretty shy, but then most of the big birds are I suppose. You do see a lot of them out there, but finding ones close other than on power poles is a whole different story. I don't even bother with the power pole shots anymore. I've got a bunch now, and they all look the same. I'd really like to catch a nice one in flight before the end of winter.