Another of the male Little owl

[dennis greenwood]

A little more activity from the male as the Female is (I hope ) on eggs, signs are all there although last year and the year before the female was out of the nest a lot more than this year ,normally two or three times a day ,however I will just have wait and see,i have decided to stick at the quarry site although I will still be monitoring the other two sites as this is my favoured site ,I have a few ideas for the coming months but its all weather permitting and only having limited equipment my set ups have to be bang on etc....taken a couple of nights ago with the 1d mkiv and the 300mm ,iso 800 1/640 sec -1/3 ev Little owl 19th May (1 of 1)-2 by dennis greenwood, on Flickr

[John Robinson]

Thats a cracker Den. Love the way the branch( and a nice one itis) frames the bird. Killer backdrop too. Your best yetin my humble opinion. You are right its the male hunting whilst the female sits
John

[keith mitchell]

Hi Dennis, not sure about the birds left eye it does look a little green but could be the reflection of it's surroundings ,that apart it looks excellent lovely sharp feather detail,nice perch and BG.

Keith.

[Steve Kaluski]

Like the detail Dennis and the inquisitive look and the moss perch breaks up the the clean background. I assume this was baited, as there seems to be some fur (????) creeping in at the foot of the image? I think you may find it's the male on the eggs with the female hunting.

Steve

[dennis greenwood]

Like the detail Dennis and the inquisitive look and the moss perch breaks up the the clean background. I assume this was baited, as there seems to be some fur (????) creeping in at the foot of the image? I think you may find it's the male on the eggs with the female hunting.

Steve

Hi Steve , sorry but its the female that sits on the Eggs ,I have done presentations on the little owl,i have been observing them for years ,the female develops a brood patch ,this helps with the blood circulation for keeping the eggs warm and I have never seen the male develop one ,she only comes out on average three times a day and its the male that does all the providing .....