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1DX2 + 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III, 1/1600, f/5.6, ISO 1000, removed a couple small sticks that were protruding out the owls plumage

This was my first opportunity with a great gray. Just an amazing bird to spend time with. There are several hanging out in far northern New York right now and I'm hoping they stay put for a couple more weeks so that I may have another chance to go back up and view them again. This was taken this past Sunday as winter storm Orson was pounding NY. The owl was upwind and I had to keep emptying a rapidly growing pile of snow out of the hood of my 600mm.