ML126673921
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Observation details
Roosting in a tree along the top hedgerow, only a few feet above the ground. I was starting to get cold and figured that I had seen most of the sparrows in the area, so turned around to trudge through the snow, into the wind, and head back towards my car. However, right when I started to turn back I noticed the shape of a large owl perched low on a distant hedgerow. To my surprise, a beautiful Great Horned Owl was tucked-up and sleeping in the sun! I slowly made my way closer, constantly checking that the owl was still asleep. Once I was within 100 feet, I crawled over closer and tried to stay hidden in the grass. The owl remained still, with its eye closed tight. After a few minutes it did slowly open its eyes, and looked at me and stood up a little taller, but after a minute or two it fell back to sleep and I snuck away.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS REBEL T2i
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/2500 sec
- Dimensions
- 2873 pixels x 1920 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.52 MB