SHORT-EARED OWLS: Early AM.
Its Good to have Short-eared Owls back on our heath land again, They are showing locally any time from dawn until just before 9 am in the mornings and the challenge hear is to keep out of sight with the sunrise and if possible the wind direction behind you to avoid a lot of tail end shots as they always hunt into the wind
With a heavy dew this morning the owls were all looking a bit bedraggled but it is a real joy to watch their behaviour as they quarter the rough grass fields for vole
SHORT-EARED OWLS: From 4 pm
Given sunny conditions working with Short-eared owls hunting is usually possible for a couple of hours before the light fades when tele-converters need to be removed, Shutter speeds reduced and ISO settings increased, So it makes sense to arrive a little early to try to get the best possible image quality.
Yesterday afternoon I watched as two lovely Owls were hunting in the same field and both of them caught a large vole quite quickly and its nice to capture this behaviour but the problem was with such good prey neither bird were up hunting again for the next hour or so.
By the time I arrived back at my car the Owls had gone to roost, The sun had set and the sky was on fire creating a fitting end to a lovely day with the Shorties !!
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