Eastern Screech-Owl.

[Daniel Cadieux]

When I first arrived at this roosting hole, the owl had just arrived and was still wide awake. Bonus, as I usually only see this species sleeping or half asleep. After a few minutes it predictably closed its eyes and dozed off....

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/5.6, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, FF, toned down the brightest whites on the chest feathers. I also darkened the one talon poking through the feathers as it was otherwise even less apparent.

[Bill Dix]

A handsome view of this Screech-Owl, with terrific eye contact. Amazing to have him that close, and near eye level. Weathered wood of the hole adds interest. We had an accessible one in a public park a few years ago, but I never found him with eyes open.

[Isaac Grant]

Such a nice view of this screech owl in their habitat. Nice eye contact as well. I have a pair that live right near my house. I have been meaning to go and photograph them for a long time. I try and leave them be. Showed them to a friend last May and have not been back to see them but would love to have a go at them with my new gear. It is a mixed pair of red and gray phase.

[Raybel Robles]

Great capture, wish I could see owls this easy where I live. Here we can go months, years without seeing a single Owl.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent portrait of beautiful owl with superb colors and nice details.

Regards,
Satish.

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[arash_hazeghi]

love the eye contact Daniel. I might add a bit of warmth to this image, in a perfect world eyes would be perfectly symmetric but I'd be a happy camper with this frame any day

TFS

[Glenn Conlan]

Well done Daniel, it took a good trained eye to find this owl. Nice presentation