I had the good fortune to find a pair of nesting Long-eared Owls in my home town of Ottawa, Ontario. This species is elusive here. That doesn't deter me though :-)
I was looking up when I should have been looking down. Could have saved some unecessary neck cranking. Perched on a branch low to the ground, my heart skipped a beat as this juvenile long-eared owl stared right at me. Long-eared owl young fledge before they can fly.
Photographed with a Canon 40D and 70-200 2.8L lens + TC 1.4x.
Last edited by Wilson Hum; 06-25-2010 at 07:58 PM.