Snowy owl

[terrytootall]

Hi all

A friend and I drove to Boundary Bay in Delta BC, to see the Snowy Owls that made the news mid-December. We had heard the owls made the trip from the Arctic and made a stop-over at Boundary Bay, on their way to Florida. The owls were quite tired and several photographers had made their way to get as close to the owls for "that best shot". See the GlobalBC (TV) and link is below.
 
http://www.globaltvbc.com...=2177619657#stories/video

My picture was taken on December 27: K5 with SIGMA 150-500-mm on a tripod. Exposure was 1/125, f10, ISO400. The subject was approximately 30 feet from the dike pathway - I was not about to wander off the pathway into the quagmire. The weather was blustery winds, heavy overcast and started to rain heavily after I took this shot.

There was an estimated 300 Snowy Owls reported that week. When we were there, we counted ~100. Awesome! We also saw many bald eagles; eaglets and older ones. I wanted to take several pix of the eaglets, but the farmer didn't want us trespassing on his land.

TTT

[Mike Pearson]

Hey Terry that's quite a phenomenon to get that many together - we see a few when the lemming population moves south about every seven years followed by a few Snowies, but certainly nothing of those proportions.

Oh, and an excellent capture 

Mike

[davidhampshire]

that seems like it  must have been something to see;    nice photo ttt.

[Frogfish]

Good story TTT.  Pity you couldn't get more shots but that one is nice.

[Ron Kruger]

A special place, indeed.

[tcom]

Oh, nice capture of a bird one does not see every day. Thank you for sharing

[Pacerr]

01:30 on a VERY cold and snowy January night in Denver, CO.

I heard an owl hoot outside -- an' quite a robust hoot at that. So I stepped outside and "replied" as best as I could parrot the hoot.  A few seconds later two snowy owls swooped past my head on silent wings with about two wing spans of clearance!

Scared the snot out'a me!

I'd like to think two gals out on the town thought they'd discovered the perfect "date" an' wanted to party.

More likely though it was two guys who said, "Listen to that fool. Let's see if we can make 'im piss 'is pants."

Damn near succeeded at it, too. You know you've been had big time when all you see is the tail feathers of a BIF.

[Rick Clark]

I don't get any snowy owls where I live but the is a Great horned that fly's into a tree and stay for a month or so every winter. Lot's of food around here in the winter time and the old man that owns the property will not let anyone close to him, I have a few pic's I took with my 600mm but he was to far away to be good pictures.