Hunting Barn Owl by danob
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Description
The Barn Owl is predominantly nocturnal, roosting during the daytime, hunting mice, shrews & rats by night. Other small prey, such as birds, bats & reptiles will also be taken. Barn Owls breed rapidly in response to large amounts of prey (e.g. a plague of mice) & act as a natural population control.
To catch their prey they rely on their very acute hearing (as they are hunting in very low light conditions) & totally silent flight for surprise attack. Detection of their prey is by still-hunting or quartering the area in silent flight. During the 3 month breeding season, it is estimated that a pair of Barn Owls will take over 1000 rodents.
Although normally silent in flight. Barn Owls have been observed flying low over hedgerows beating their wings to disturb & flush out their prey as captured here.
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Comments (54)
Superb display & capture, always informative dialogue & pleasure to view Stuart
interesting read as always and a wonderful in flight shot with only minimal motion blur on the wing tips :)
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Phenominal! We have a big owl that has been hanging around here but have never gotten a good shot of it... THis is just wonderful.
Excellent in-flight shot. Such an attractive bird.
Absolutely lovely and superb capture....bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
I could very rarely see this bird and never photograph it. I am very impressed by this shot ... and all the others !! Bravo !
Excellent shot. I've only ever seen one of these, and I was nowhere near a camera. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful shot of this incredible owl! The lighting and background accent this bird beautifully!
Solendid shot... superb!
Superb picture! This is a very rare pov when it comes to the capture of birds!
breathtaking
Fantastic moment for this capture!!! Wonderful view!!!
extraordinary! what power & grace you have captured in this wonderful photograph!
Another mouse bites the dust. Nice capture..
I thought they were only hunting when the night comes ! Wonderfull capture !
Excellent catch. :)
Awesome shot my friend....!!!
Oh wow - a beautiful capture! Excellent shot.
Amazing shot! Superb!
All magic is here, Neither Harry Potters has an equally Excellent picture of this owl!!! My congratulations Roby ;O)
A gorgeous presentation, wonderful!!
Owl are one of my favorite birds, next to haws and herons. Many barn owls die at night when the weather is bad, especially when there is a rian storn and they are out hunting. When we drive along HWY 5 from San Francisco to Los Angeles, I see a number of dead owls because they were chasing the little red lights on the eighteen wheeler trucks, only to get killed. Sorry for the sad story. Your photograph is amazing! Thank you for sharing and have a great wekend. egmont
gorgeous background, and such a wonderful plumage..super shot
Very beautiful!!
Splendida! Come sempre.
Wonderful image!!!
Fantastic shot of this beautiful owl!
Very excellent photo!!
Always love to see these owls. We have some unknown owls but I only get to see the tail end, Grrrrr. Excellent shot. Aloha