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    • Croatoan
        September 29, 2010 at 12:59 am
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        #4159

        Maybe I’m just not lucky enough to see these guys regularly. I’ve seen a handful over the past couple years, but they’ve been few and far between. But this one, this one I spotted first. Look very close in the center of the photo.

        Saw him first through the binoculars at about 40 yards. I was scanning through the timber, rolling the focus to see between trees and foliage in the distance when I spotted him. Now if I could just close the deal with that 10 point all will be well.

      • MontanaFord
          September 29, 2010 at 1:04 am
          Post count: 450
          #27497

          Awesome photos!! Owls are tough to find because their daytime activities are so limited. They like to hole up in the thick stuff during the day, it seems, and don’t often let themselves be seen. Congrats on your find.

          Michael.

        • bruc
          Member
            September 29, 2010 at 1:08 am
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            #27501

            You sure know how to take pictures !!! Awesome!!!

            Bruce

          • Croatoan
              September 29, 2010 at 1:17 am
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              #27507

              Thanks guys.
              The wife got me a camera a few years ago, she was tired of my stories and wanted to see some of what I was seeing. I’m a rank amateur really. The camera is a 10.1 mega pixels, Exilim from Casio. I have to say I am enjoying capturing pictures dang near as much as I enjoy watching arrows fly!

            • blade
                September 29, 2010 at 1:54 am
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                #27538

                Beautiful photos,thanks for sharing.

              • Charles Ek
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                  September 29, 2010 at 3:44 am
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                  #27609

                  Thanks for sharing!

                • tailfeather
                    September 29, 2010 at 1:45 pm
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                    #28065

                    Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

                  • William Warren
                    Member
                      September 29, 2010 at 5:56 pm
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                      #28271

                      We should keep a camera hand all the time. Saturday I had a young Coopers hawk try to take a squirrel I was watching just 15 feet in front of me. I saw him coming low through the understory like a fighter plane. The squirrel dodged all about like he did not know which way to go. I never would have got that with a camera but the hawk lit in a small tree and was giving the squirrel the eye. May have been a brief opportunity for a hawk pic…..

                    • T Downing
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                        September 29, 2010 at 6:03 pm
                        Post count: 233
                        #28281

                        Sweet pics! That’s what it’s all about! I need to be better at carrying the camera at all times. So much cool natural things going on all around us. Keep it up everybody, I love the threads that have cool pics and stories like this…

                      • Fletcher
                          October 3, 2010 at 4:47 am
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                          #32012

                          Cool!

                        • SteveMcD
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                            October 3, 2010 at 1:45 pm
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                            #32442

                            Beautiful!

                          • Cottonwood
                              October 3, 2010 at 1:59 pm
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                              #32456

                              Love this kind of stuff 8)

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