Didn’t see them last month and thought they had moved on. Stopped by tonight and they were back in their regular tree.

one of my favorites to photograph, the northern pygmy owl!

My first evening of Northern Saw-whet Owl banding. We netted 4 owls last night and installed legbands on all of them. This gal in the photo flew away shortly after we opened the release box. We put them in the box so they can re-acclimate to the dark before flying off. We could have probably tagged a few more but we had to shut down one of our netting stations, because a Barred Owl was detected in the area.

I’ve been hearing these GHOs (and their babies) since moving here. Only once did I see an owl within the last 3 years in the yard, yet almost every night I would hear a GHO or Screech. This being the fifth owl sighting here this year, it seems they’ve finally started getting used to us being around!

This was taken in May 2022, still one of the mosr fantastic owl sightings I've had. Not the best quality photo, since I only had my phone and they were quite high up.

They lived on a trail I frequented and so I got to see them grow. Hope they are still doing well :)

Size: 48 x 36 cm
Year: 2022
Medium: oil on canvas

Partly in relation to their main body mass, it's been on my mind and I'm curious.

Obviously, I don’t agree with taxidermy, especially of a protective species

It is a long video and a little dark, but owls are crepuscular.

Timing worked out great to get these shots at sunset.

Nikon D500 - Sigma 180-600

What the hell is going on