Bubo lacteus.....

...aka milky eagle owl having a pause between flights in the demo at the Hawk Conservancy.

Conditions were not good for photography(at least for my type of photography!) but we had a lovely sunny morning there.

A sincere thankyou for all your comments and good wishes on my birthday selfie yesterday!

[wendy frost]

A wonderful owl and a great capture beautiful plumage details. Fav.

[Babs]

Isn't he gorgeous, what a magnificent bird.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Isn't he wonderful -- great capture of the feathers and the glint in his eyes Hazel

[Sam]

He is very regal looking!

[Pat Knowles]

A wonderfully detailed shot....all that feather pattern & the lovely blurred background.......must be seen large to get every detail! Glad you had a lovely day Hazel!

[Julie Duncan]

He is gorgeous, Hazel! You are lucky to have that place to go to! :)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Awesome capture, Hazel.

[linda]

what a smasher! he has gorgeous eyes

[Rosie Kind]

stunning capture - Fav

[Graham Thresher]

This is really fabulous.

[Ivan]

Lovely owl. Nicely taken.

[Richard Hickey]

Fantastic picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page.

[Penelope Ann]

He is handsome.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

This is a real hoot of a capture, gorgeous bird and a FAV from me.

[Claire]

What a fabulous shot, love this

[Faye Turner]

Great capture!

[Pete]

And very splendid he (or she!) is

[Nicole]

what a beautiful animal!

[Pyrrhula]

You are finding Owls. That`s much cooler. Great capture. Fav.

[Sandy]

What a great capture and detail. For a moment I thought it was a statue.

[Margo]

Great shot Hazel

[Darlene]

Great shot and wonderful detail, Hazel. FAV

[James_Nicholas]

Oh fantastic.

[Rohini Gupta]

Superb, fav for sure.