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Published: 2009-05-21 04:43:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 495; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 2
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Description I took this around Apr 26. Not sure why I hadn't uploaded it then.

No idea what kind of owl this is...all I know, is, that it looks like my cat

[Update]
Thank you Tommiboy!
It has been confirmed, this is a "Western Screech Owl"...
But it still looks like my cat lol
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Comments: 16

spoffchan [2009-07-17 18:34:45 +0000 UTC]

such a crisp image and you can see the woodland reflected in the owls eye,brilliant!

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Latrodectus-Pallidus In reply to spoffchan [2009-07-17 21:48:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!!

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tommiboy13 [2009-07-17 14:52:33 +0000 UTC]

Its a western screech owl. I talked about this bird a while ago...

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Latrodectus-Pallidus In reply to tommiboy13 [2009-07-17 16:49:09 +0000 UTC]

Oh very cool! Thank you! lol I'll add that too the description

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tommiboy13 In reply to Latrodectus-Pallidus [2009-07-18 02:07:28 +0000 UTC]

I work for an animal rehab center so.... I know lots of birds!!

These kind tend to be very grouchy!!! : O

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Latrodectus-Pallidus In reply to tommiboy13 [2009-07-20 17:51:55 +0000 UTC]

Owls in general strike me as grouchy lol but they're so cute.

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tommiboy13 In reply to Latrodectus-Pallidus [2009-07-20 20:03:29 +0000 UTC]

ya......................... : )

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NekoNicky [2009-07-15 10:03:58 +0000 UTC]

hmmm makes scense, thanks for the info!
i usely take landscape pics. I've never realy tried wildlife pics, so i've not brought a zoom lens ...yet. But it looks like a rewarding subject matter, so maybe i'll give it a try.

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Latrodectus-Pallidus In reply to NekoNicky [2009-07-15 13:45:14 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, it's definitely a challenge

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NekoNicky [2009-07-14 09:34:57 +0000 UTC]

How'd you get so close. Or is it a great zoom lens?
Lovely gallery btw

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Latrodectus-Pallidus In reply to NekoNicky [2009-07-14 18:17:08 +0000 UTC]

480mm equivalent zoom lens reallly helps I use only a 300mm lens but on a crop sensor camera, that's equivalent to the above zoom range.

Anyway,
I find that the best luck one can have, is to go on one of the more common and popular walking parks/trails. Owls, Herons, Bald Eagles, and Osprey are extremely high in number in Oregon but when I go out to a remote area, I find taking pictures of Heron (for example) to be next to impossible without using blinds...even then, they are very keen and will flutter away once having heard something they can't see. My Osprey and Heron shots were taken in a more popular area for hikers, it makes it so much easier, because, they know that (for the most part) people will leave them alone. The Kestrel and owl photos were made easier doing this as well

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darktinx [2009-07-09 06:47:45 +0000 UTC]

very cute and i think itΒ΄s a tiny owl ^^

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Latrodectus-Pallidus In reply to darktinx [2009-07-09 13:49:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I think he's a Barred owl, it's hard to find those tiny ones, here in Oregon. He was a pretty decently sized owl. I'd say, over a foot and a half? I've seen those tiny ones before though, they are more like ten inches tall...lol they're cute!

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darktinx In reply to Latrodectus-Pallidus [2009-07-31 01:58:45 +0000 UTC]

im so sorry for the late reply but i was in a trip and i came today and well owls are cute and i had one but when i came home they told me he died :S 10 days ago :S

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Drezdany [2009-05-21 10:29:08 +0000 UTC]

great shot

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Latrodectus-Pallidus In reply to Drezdany [2009-05-21 13:41:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
Much appreciated!

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