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Lorraine Boyd
Selkirk, NY
03/05/2022
11:05 am

Equipment Details:

D500 with 150-600mm lens hand held

Post-processing Details:

lighting and enhance, Crop and create collage of three photos

Image Details:

I visited the park repeatedly to capture the two Eastern Screech Owls (mating couple) at the same time. I was very happy to find them, the first in a tree facing away from the sun, and the second in a tree facing the sun. As I was photographing one of them, a Red-bellied Woodpecker harrased it and it disappeared into the tree. Smaller birds are known to harrass and mob the owls. This was a fortunate find.