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Great Horned Owlets, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

Great Horned Owl chicks, perched on a spruce tree, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

Hey Folks,

Yep, birds again. Here are 2 of the 3 Great Horned Owl chicks I got to photograph recently. I could never manage to find all 3 perched together. I also never managed to find them in any kind of decent light, so had to shoot at the higher end of the ISO range on my camera - which is a total disaster. The D2x is terrible at higher ISOs (anything over 250, IMO), which makes life miserable late in the day for shooting wildlife - the best time, of course, to find wildlife.

So, these little guys are probably flying around the park now, racing each other through the boreal forest as they swoop, silently, down on the snowshoe hares that are really abundant right now.

Great Horned Owl chicks, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska.
Cheers

Carl



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This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 at 4:29 am and is filed under Alaska, Birds, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Great Horned Owlets, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska.”

  1. Mark Says:
    June 17th, 2008 at 7:54 am

    Hey Carl - I think you are on to something here….. OWL RACES! Very cool shot.

  2. Carl Donohue Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 4:14 am

    Hey Mark,

    You mean you don’t already have owl races?

    Cheers

    Carl

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