I have been informed that a large group of owls is called a “parliament of owls”. Of course, I should have looked it up, or Googled, and found that out for myself. However, I am glad the my readers brought me up to date on that. So, again, parliament is still in session, minus a few that decided to go home to their constituents.
As you remember, in a previous post I and Ann had seen a startling total of eight owls and owlets at Spring Creek Park. We went back Monday morning to see how many were still there. We counted one adult and three owlets in the original tree. In the second tree there were none.
For these photos, I again set my Canon EOS 7D with a 1.4 teleconverter on my Manfrotto tripod. I also use a sturdy Wimberley gimbal tripod head. With the combined weight of my lens and camera being about 15 pounds, I really need dependable support.
The lighting was very bad this particular day. A very bright, sunny, mostly cloudless day. A typical west Texas day. It made for bright highlights and harsh shadows. However, I managed to get a few acceptable photos whenever a stray cloud covered the sun. I am particularly proud of this photo of one owlet.
Hoooooo are you looking at??
This one turned out pretty decent, too.
Young Great Horned Owl
In the one below, you can see how I tried to adjust those harsh lighting problems that I mentioned above.
Young Great Horned Owl
This Bullock’s Oriole, (Icterus bullockii), was in a nearby tree witnessing the proceedings.
Bullock’s Oriole
Again, click on any of the photos to see some enlargements. Thank you for reading.
