Owls

Great Horned Owl Hooting

As the light began to fade a male great horned owl began to calling to his mate. It is breeding season and these tigers of the night are in full courtship mode.

Pair of Great Horned Owls Sitting Together as Darkness Sets In

It is breeding season for great horned owls and as the light started to fade this pair of owls began calling to one another. Then as the world turned dark they flew onto the same branch and continued their enchanting hooting serenade.

This Great Horned Owlet's feather pattern really kept it hidden again an old Cypress treen in Point Reyes National Seashore.

This female Great Horned Owl regarded us intently as we walked a trail near her young owlets, Morro Bay, California.

While hiking in Briones Regional Park we had the good fortune to spot a young Great Horned Owl observing us as we passed below it on the trail, Lafayette California.

A female Great Horned Owl and her chicks observe us from their cliff side nest in Morro Bay, California.

While hiking with our camera gear in Morro Bay we happened to hear the hoot of a Great Horned Owl one morning. We followed the sound and spied two Great Horned Owlets intently staring at us from their perch high in a eucalyptus tree.

While hiking through pastures and small groves of trees in Point Reyes National Seashore we heard the plaintive call of an owlet to its parent. We followed the calls until we spotted this juvenile Great-horned owl in an old dead tree. We photographed and observed from a respectable distance and were surprised when a Cooper's Hawk flew overhead. Immediately the Great-horned adopted a defensive mantling posture until the perceived threat few away.

This Great Horned Owlet kept up its cries to be fed all day long in Point Reyes National Seashore.

This Great Horned Owlet kept up its cries to be fed all day long in Point Reyes National Seashore.

The sun was beginning to set when we photographed this female Great Horned Owl in the Delta near Galt, California

A Startled Burrowing Owl

A burrowing owl's startled reaction to a low flying Northern harrier.

Burrowing Owl Portrait

A burrowing owl regards us from his rocky perch.

Sometimes one can find wildlife in the most unlikely of places such as this Burrowing Owl in Berkeley, California.

Another example of finding wildlife in the most unlikely of places such as this Burrowing Owl in Berkeley, California.

Beautiful early evening light on a Burrowing Owl in Berkeley, California.

A Great Gray Owl flys toward us while seeking a perch to survey a meadow for voles, Yellowstone National Park.

A Great Gray Owl flys low over a meadow in Yellowstone National Park.

A young Great Gray Owl silently glides through the forest in Yellowstone National Park.

We witnessed an unexpected moment of activity as the male and female Great Gray Owls (Strix Nebulosa) exchanged a vole in an aspen tree to bring back to the nest to feed their hungry chicks.

It has long been a dream of ours to photograph Great Gray Owls (Strix nebulosa) in the wild. We were fortunate enough to find a nesting pair with chicks in Wyoming. We observed them from a respectable distance for several days as they allowed us to photograph them. This one strikes a regal pose after devouring a vole just after twilight.