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)
awesome action!!
Man dude.. That is one hell of a shot. Just wicked!!! I love owls, and this is an example why. Stunning pic. Just great stuff.
beautiful from shiver, where do you go to go off these splendid photos??
fantastic flight shot
Oh now this is an excellent in flight capture. A beautiful pose on this wonderful owl and amazing clarity and focus. Excellent. xx
What a wonderful shot of this hunting barn owl Danny! You really are the master of this kind of photography. Have a lovely Sunday. Eileen xx
Fantastic photo! Beautiful like a freedom! Superb!*****!
Amazing... what a moment ! Superb !
Super focus and clarity. Perfect DOf and lucky capture. big hugs my friend
beautuful shot, interesting info.....
Thanks for the wonderful information. You captured this BIF (Bird-In-Flight) very well. I like the composition.
Fantastic capture!
Beautiful owl...
Great capture!!
Sweeeeet. I love his toes :) And such a gorgeous bird .. excellent photography.
BRAAAAVO,
Oh how nice it must be to have an opportunity like this. There are no sanctuaries anywhere near me. This is a gorgeous capture.
This on also rocks,like the color contrast and the way the owl stands out in the image,very nice.
Wow.. amazing capture :)
They don't get much more perfect than this!! Outstanding capture, DOF and POV on this one!! I love owls and absolutely love this shot!!! :-))) Sorry my comments are so late...trying to catch up a bit. ;-)
Super sharp details and great action shot!
A real beauty !
Bravo!!!!
A beautiful work, well done! 5+!