Short Eared Owl & Harrier
Posted by Douglas Brown , Sunday, November 20, 2011 12:22 PM
Fighting over a vole in mid air...Note the vole in the left side of owl claw.
Fighting over a vole in mid air...Note the vole in the left side of owl claw.
The snowy owls return after a 4 year absence.
A rare opportunity for a Merlin to be so accommodating.
Taken at Iona in Richmond.
They've been around for awhile, but this is the first of the season for me.
As a last resort I decided to head out to Tswassen, and see what the shores had, and my surprise was a high tide with loons and some grebes.
At first these few yellow legs at the pond in Elgin Park seemed a bit timid and flew to the other side, but as I lay down in the grass with camera on the ground, they eventually wandered over to my side, and at times were even too close for the lens. Not even the shutter noise bothered them.
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