This Great Horned Owlet has been out of the nest about a week. He perched on a skinny branch and somehow lost his balance. Taken at Ridgefield NWR May 2, 2012. Needless to say, he was a little embarrassed but he recovered by letting go of the branch and landing properly on a branch below this one. Lighting was very challenging on this one!
This photo took honorable mention in the Ridgefield NWR 2012 photo contest.
Taken with a Canon 7D, 1/640, f5.6, ISO800, Canon 400mm f5.6L lens.
Wow! I KNEW I should have gone today!! Wow!! Excellent! Good you were there to capture this.
Thanks, Sue! I was really stoked to have seen this behavior.
Awesome
Thanks Jennifer! Appreciate you taking a look and commenting!
This is awesome! The owl did an awesome position. Isn’t that great? It’s like you asked him to do that. You’ve been really patient capturing this image. I love it so much.
Thank you, Del! I’ll likely never see this happen again! Right place, right time!