🌎 Northern Hawk-owl (Surnia ulula caparoch) #NorthAmericanBirds | #NorthernHawkOwl #HawkOwl #SurniaUlula | #NorthernHawkOwls #HawkOwls #TrueOwls #Owls 📷: Photo by Erik_Karits🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

Hiiripöllö. Hawk owl.
Muistorikas kohtaaminen 2023.

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A few years ago I was trying to photograph a wintery cover picture for a newsletter I was working on. It was a gloomy day, and I was running low on inspiration. Filling up the SD card with "meh". But then...

"Heyyyyy! What was that? It scared the other birds. Oh, it's you. Welcome back!" I had seen a northern hawk-owl there the previous year. Yeah, the day was not so bland anymore. The feisty little owl had grabbed a rat to go. I took a few photos and left the owl to dine in peace. The local blue tits and blackbirds were not so considerate though.

My outing was still a failure. The owl photos were not good enough to be the cover picture either :(

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