Sunday, December 6, 2009

Soulful Sunday: A Beautiful Visitor

UPDATE: The owl is a Barred Owl, I just identified it with my Birds of Ontario book :)
I saw a flash of something out of the corner of my eye this morning and when I looked up, expecting to see one of the many Blue Jays that populate my yard, I was astonished to find this magnificent owl perched not thirty feel from my office. I was so shocked I didn't move for a good 2 minutes, though I was desperately willing my body to move and get the camera. I finally did, and ever so carefully opened the front door and took a hasty shot...only to realize I had my short lens and the shot looked like I had been standing a good sixty feet away...which I was. So I ever so carefully closed the door and ran like stink to get my long lens and put it on my camera, hands shaking like mad the whole time. I ran back to the front door, edged it oh-so-carefully open once more and managed to take 6 shots of this beautiful, and very large, owl. I was shaking so badly from excitement (there is something about owls I absolutely love) that I only got one shot to turn out, and here it is, shared especially with you! I hope you like him/her as much as I do. When I got back to my desk, there was another flash and the owl was gone. I keep hoping I'll see it again, but I figure I was blessed enough to see it once and get a photo of it, I won't be greedy :)

Until tomorrow my dear friends, have a soulful Sunday of your own.

Cheers,

8 comments:

  1. Ran like stink lolol
    Its a beautiful shot, you did well!!

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  2. Thank you! I am just glad he didn't move, LOL, I was shaking enough for the both of us :)

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  3. What a fabulous shot! I love how the owl's colors blend in perfectly. You should make that into a framed print!

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  4. What a beautiful owl! I just love owls but have never seen one in the wild. I'm sure he heard about cute Arwen and came to check her out so maybe he'll come back!

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  5. LOL! I think after he heard her barking he might have changed his mind! He was very beautiful though, I am still in shock I got to see one - these owls in particular aren't supposed to be here in this time of year. How blessed I feel!

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  6. How beautiful Meghann -- I'm glad you got one good shot, it's so exciting when something like that happens. I agree, there's something very special about owls.

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  7. Owls are almost mythical birds, so seldom seen in the day.

    And even if only one shot came out, it is a very fine picture.

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  8. Thank you, they are so surreal-looking, so imperious and majestic, simply just by standing on a branch :)

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