First Flight Sort Of

[Loi Nguyen]

Burrowing Owl chick trying its wings. They can really just hop around, not quite sustained flight yet.

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Thank you for commenting my previous image.

Hope you like this one.

Loi

[David Salem]

This one is really nice Loi. Great to see the pin feathers as this guys primaries are filling in and look at that little tail poping out. Lots of great colors and details in this and I like the comp too. Well done

[David Cowling]

I love the look of concentration on this little birds face. I like the composition and background. It must have been fun watching this. TFS.

[Eric Dienesch]

Great Pic, i love it.

when i saw this chick, my question is now the time for the burrowing chicks (also in cape corral)?

[arash_hazeghi]

nice juvenile, he looks cute! I wish you had better eye contact from the owl or at least no shadow in the eye

TFS

[Bill Dix]

David took the words out of my mouth -- what concentration! Terrific capture, with great POV.

[William Dickson]

I can really absorb the concentration from the facial expression. Amazing detail on the bird and I love the detail and sharpness. Cool BG as well.

TFS

Will

[Mike Poole]

I really like this one Loi, the concentration on the youngsters face is great, snd you can really see how those wings are developing.

Hope to see some more of these as they improve their skills

Mike

[Robert Kattanek]

That look on its face is just fitting, and I just love all the detail in this shot. :)

The background is also really nice, and with the ground below the bird, you very much get a sense of the hopping around you mention. Must have been a lovely scene to witness, thank you for sharing!

Regards,

Robert

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot fascinating and captivating, great pose and a lovely colour palette.

[shane shacaluga]

hahaha it doesnt look too pleased with the attempt!

Good action shot with plenty of details. The FG and BG give this a nice sense of place

Does the tail still have to grow or do burrowing owls have very short tail feathers?

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Loi, great wing display from the attempted flight, and I do like the overall feather detail - nice and sharp.

[Loi Nguyen]

Thank you everyone for your comments. It was great fun watching these chicks trying to take flight. Thank you David for pointing out the "pin" feathers. Didn't know that what they are called.

Eric, yes now is the time for burrowing owl. Good until July-August. I was at Cape Coral early in April and it was pretty dead.

Arash, I thought about eye contact before posting this image, but I like the concentration of the chick on the forward direction. The shadow in the eye was unfortunate.

Shane, BOs don't have long tail, but the tail feathers will grow out more for sure.

[Lorant Voros]

Beautiful young bird and nice fight intent wing movement. I also like the composition here. Well done.