ML621845964

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

This may not be a record to be kept, but it is interesting. When walking to the bird blind I found a bunch of feathers on the walkway that were Barn Owl. Clearly something predated the bird, my guess is a Great Horned Owl as both species are in the area (I saw a Barn Owl on the CBC on Jan 2 (?) about 400 meters from the blind and have seen GHO several times nearby including a nest about 800 m away). Interestingly I was at Ridgefield on July 18 (4 days before this find) and there were no Barn Owl feathers present at that time. So this was a very recent case of predation. I would guess, but the scattering and the condition of the feathers, that the owl died about July 20.

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P1000

ISO

160

Focal length

4.3 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/2.8

Shutter speed

1/250 sec

Dimensions

4608 pixels x 3456 pixels

Original file size

6.65 MB