Monday, February 1, 2010

The Owls of Presquille Provincial Park


It was a cold and windy day on January 23rd when a set of 9 photographers set out to Presquille Provincial Park to try to photograph some owls. Led by a local photographer, Trina, the group found 3 different barred owls, a red-tailed hawk and several smaller birds (a hairy woodpecker, a downey woodpecker, a bluejay and some other small birds).

We drove between various areas of the park, congregating with other photographers whenever a bird was to be seen. The larger birds were patient and sat posing for us for long periods of time. I was able to get about 16 feet from an owl at one point and got within 30 or 40 feet of smaller birds. What a fantastic day!

Check out a gallery of images from the day. You can click on an image to switch the slideshow to full screen mode.

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