ML618692508
Contributor
Thomas Haycraft Media from this contributor
Date
Location
sleepy owl hollow
Louisa, Virginia, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Juvenile, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Feeding young
- Tags
- Nest
Media notes
Chick/young waiting for meal. which arrived several minutes after this image taken.
Observation details
Female perched in nest box opening most of day. Spotted the male perched nearby at noon where he remained until 7:50. The female flew off at approx. 7:55 pm, Trilling. Nearby Robins very vocal. At 8:02 a downy blob appeared in the nest box opening. First chick sighting with this pair this year. Last year they fledged 4. The chick bobbed and weaved waiting for a meal. Which did arrive at 8:08. The chick went back into the nest box thereafter. At 8:11 the female came back for a few minutes then flew off. At 8 :25 a chick appeared in the nest box opening again and went back in at 8:30. Too dark to continue to observe.
Technical information
- Model
- E-M5MarkIII
- Lens
- OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0
- ISO
- 5000
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/4.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/15 sec
- Dimensions
- 1000 pixels x 812 pixels
- Original file size
- 812.06 KB