I've been out on the landing behind the big barn here with my chair blind, my black baklava, and my tripod and camera, waiting for the great horned owl that lives here to show up on his favorite tree. I hear it around the house every dusk.
I had the camera set on the favorite tree as dusk arrived and suddenly the owl started a great deal of noise.I could hear the gasps and the KaKaKaKaKaKaKa HooHoo- Hoo Hoo Hoo very close. I could hear another owl calling and two young making a raspy, screechy racket. I was so enthralled, I did not have the sense to turn on the camera microphone. When I moved a the camera a tiny bit the owl flew from another branch very close nearby in the dusk. I had not seen it. They say they throw their voices and this one seemed to. It certainly fooled me, I thought the call was from an entirely different spot. Better luck next time. I will keep at it.
The camera will take dusk photos fine. Any suggestions on owl night photography are welcome.
I also want to find the nest.
Joyce
Art - Joyce made comments about the closeness and farness of the owl sounds.
ReplyDeleteI may be wrong, but I believe Owls can throw their voice in a way that no other bird can. Hence they can be in the tree above you - but you'll hear their voice from a totally different place.
And - isn't it amazing how they are so quiet when they fly - in the park in Bangor there have been a few recent owl attacks (its nesting time) and they hit the people in the back of the head with absolutely no noise. Believe that has something to do with their particular wings and how the edges are totally different from any other wings.
Hmmm - wonder if angel wings are made that way?
Nancy-Linn Nellis
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