ML619100513
Contributor
Evan Knudsen Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Manasquan River WMA (Monmouth Co)
Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Lifer! I was watching a pair of groundhogs fighting (really violent, tons of screaming, biting, and flying leaves), totally focused on that. The fight broke up and as the winner was marking his territory I went to take a step, only to flush a large owl that had apparently been watching the fight as well from the tree beside me. It luckily landed just a short distance away to watch me as my heart jumped into my chest. So, so happy to finally see this bird; I absolutely love owls. It spent a minute watching me before flying off. I was later able to hear it call (at 3:30 PM!), and a second call came soon after, but I was pretty distant at this point and couldn’t tell if it was a call and answer or one bird vocalising twice. Backlit doc shots.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D
- Lens
- TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022
- ISO
- 1000
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 4811 pixels x 3207 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.08 MB