A Short-eared Adventure

Another week end of birding and how fortunate we are
to have seen and captured it.
Flying towards me I think...could it be? could it be?
My heart is doing more than 50 mph I will tell you.

A little closer and still I'm thinking nah! it can't be.

But as it goes overhead I am convinced that it indeed is!

When it sits atop a snag I KNOW that the Short-eared Owl

is mine to capture!

It was there and I was pinching myself while taking
way too many pictures. One after another....click-click-click!!!

The eyes are so beautiful!
Oh My Gosh! what a cute little face! He looks soft as down
and beautiful in my lens. click- click- click!

His head swivels as if it's on a weather vane.

A little closer now one sits on a wire above my head.

The detail in his feathers is amazing to me...and I want to hold
him in my hand.

The field below is full of Red-winged Blackbirds and they
are telling him what for!

Get out - Get out- They scream as only Red-winged
Blackbirds can do.

Can't you see this is MY territory!

Dive bombing definitely isn't working.

How about I bite you in the butt!
The Owl is unaffected by their incessant behaviour and
his focus on the hunt.
As the light fades I am sad and do not want to leave this place
where I have seen my first Short-eared Owl.
As he perches atop a pine I say my goodbyes.

This is part of a series I will call
"jane and barbie' adventures.
Two best friends birding together.
Look for it in the future, and by all means check out her
blog http://www.mybirdtales.blogspot.com/
She has some exemplary photos of the owl flying
and detail that will make your heart flutter.
Her post will be coming soon!