I am sure she is trying to look evil !
This is another from one of the three Little owl sites sites I’ve been working.
I would only usually see her (think it’s a female) leaving one of the poplar trees in a clump.
Whilst searching for a nest hole with binoccs, I noticed the scratches on the branch. Using a bit of “fieldcraft “ hunch work I reckoned it might be a used as landing spot.
Using the car as a hide and the lens through some cloth in the window I waited and I had been right.! Great stuff. Fieldcraft these days also means sticking a lens out of a car window they tell me too!!
Not a high IQ again with the low range gear but also a big crop. At least I got my more natural backdrop!! D200
Sigma 50-500mm
640 ISO
250th @f7
60% of full frame. Sharpened CZM.
Cheers
JohnR







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