Otis the Screech Owl

Another one of our wonderful models from the Carbon County Environmental Education Center. I've heard Screech Owls in the woods behind our house but never imagined how small they are!

[Taffy]

What a great stare!

[Dawn]

Wow a fab stare and detail

[Milanie]

Great close-up.

[Wyomingsister]

That seems a rather malevolent stare! Glad I'm not in his sights!! Excellent photo!

[CC Folk]

Gorgeous fav.

[Joan Robillard]

Amazing

[Denise Wood]

FAVtastic :)

[Babs]

He looks rather mean.

[Lou Ann]

I love his name. Ha!

[Lynda McG]

Fab! Fav

[Henri Russell]

Those eyes look so serious. Nice capture.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[katy]

he looks like he is made from tree bark. a great shot of him and his camouflage

[Claude Trew]

Beautiful details. He doesn't too happy to have his image taken. Fav

[Joanna kate]

Glaring beautifully....

[Rob Z]

Wow - what an excellent image of a fabulous bird.

[Pyrrhula]

Great close up of this beautiful owl head.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@taffy @Dawn @milaniet @wyomingsis @gardenfolk @joansmor @gilbertwood @onewing @louannwarren @lyndamcg @henrir @mittens @grammyn @claudiet @joannakate @robz @pyrrhula

Thank you Taffy, Dawn, Milanie, Jolene, CC, Joan, Denise, Babs, Lou Ann, Lynda, Henri, Marilyn, Katy, Claude, Joanna, Rob, and Ferry! And Otis thanks you too. He was quite pleased to see he landed on both the TP and PP! Don't let his intense stare fool you. He was very happy to pose. He was extremely tolerant of 15 or so photographers all vying to get a good shot of him!

[Kathy]

Beautiful details.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@randystreat Thank you Kathy and thank you for the fav!

[4rky]

Amazing detail - beautiful bird

[Pyrrhula]

@mwhipple @olivetreeann https://www.topa.be/en/antwerp/kapellen-in-antwerpen/schoenmakerskapel-2

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@4rky Thank you 4rky! They are beautiful and to see one this close was amazing. (i. e. no zoom here!)

[4rky]

@olivetreeann I had no idea you were so near! What a lovely experience to have such a close encounter :) He really is beautiful

[Kathy A]

He's certainly got you in his sights! Great photo

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@4rky Otis and Rhet were on perches on picnic tables- easy breezy! The handlers presented the larger birds for us and were so good at finding great back grounds and poses. We weren't more than 3-5 feet away from any of them that morning.

@kjarn Thanks Kathy! He was a real ham!