GREAT GREY OWL

These guys live right by our house in some huge cottonwood trees along the railroad tracks. Unlike hawks, they are not skiddish. It is crazy how they will sit and let you take pictures of them, you even talk to them and they jus sit there and strech their head toward you as if they are really trying to hear what you are saying. Such amzing creatures. Those big yellow eyes that seem to look right through you and the way they can turn their heads 360....so incredible!

I will be posting more pictures of younger Great Grey owl that I captured soon.

Thanks everyone for all your lovely comments, views and FAVS. This beautiful owl hit the PP on 5-16-2012 because of you.

[Junan Heath]

Fabulous capture!!! FAV!!! :D

[Deb]

Awesome shot! FAV

[Susan Golding]

Fantastic shot , what an expression! Fav

[Danny G.]

Great capture!

[Sheri]

Fantastic capture and details!

[Amanda L.]

Amazing, Shirley. How ever did you capture him? A total fav:)!!

[Ulpi]

Amazing shot Shirley! Fav

[Pam]

Amazing!!!

[Anndee]

Great focus.

[John Lynn]

Nice close up. Was this wild or at a zoo?

[Lucy]

incredible - what a shot!

[AnaZad]

Love this owl. I know some humans that look like it... LOL

[Steve]

wow... what a great capture

[Al Perry]

Wow Shirley you got a good one here. Well done!

[Katherine Macfarlane]

Wow, cracking shot!

[Sebella O'Donovan]

One word...STUNNING.

[Megsy]

WOW gorgeous

[Debbi M]

Terrific Shirley!! What a detailed capture of this. Very nice!

[Leslie]

Absolutely marvelous! WOW and Fav'd.

[JoeBoxster]

amazing.. looks real!.. perfect!

[Rosie Kind]

Stunning

[Tanja Carda]

Wow stunning capture....love this =)

[Margaret Eros]

such a handsome bird - round head - round eyes - stunning symmetry

[Mike Warren]

Great owl shot. Like the DOF.

[carol white]

Wonderful capture,such a stern expression!!

[Dawn Wilson]

Love his eyes! Great shot

[Jason]

This owl looks very stern ... Striking picture

[Darren]

Cool shot (:

[Bankmann]

Wow, that is one perfect owl shot! Very well done!

[Betsy]

Gorgeous shot! Love its eyes!

[Linda]

Awesome capture!

[Paula]

Wow, great capture!

[Dana Palermo]

That is so wonderful! What an amazing capture!

[Marilyn Wigen]

Amazing! The details are fabulous! :)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[David]

WOW! Need I say more.

[Margaret Gozzard]

wonderful capture

[Rob]

Awesome capture!

[Rosie White-Hlouveraki]

Wow.....fav!

[Brian Baptie]

W0W!! Fav.

[Sheila]

Gorgeous! FAV!

[Wendy Bowden]

Brilliant close up, it's very regal looking

[tony j sisti]

Amazing detail, looks as if he is just sitting there posing for you!...... Nice find and capture!

[K J Buehl]

Fantastic! Wonderful portrait! Nice DOF!

[Dana]

Wow - look at that face and those eyes !! Positively outstanding !!!

[Aurora Linda]

Amazing!

[Cristina]

What gorgeous specimen!

[Kelsey Wald]

this is so amazing!!

[Toycamera (a.k.a. Decima)]

How beautiful, wonderful shot.

[Dawn Irwin]

What a face!

[Patty J]

Great shot - how close were you to this dude? He looks a bit scary...

[Kerri]

Beautiful bird!!

[Jenny Brown]

I love the eyes!

[lil Buddha]

Gorgeous shot!

[Vicki Dixon]

incredible shot!

[Dixie Goode]

Well everyone ahead of me already said it all. Wonderful.

[TerriTh]

Wow, looking right at you. Great one!

[Ramesh Chand]

he is looking curious.....fine shot.....

[Anja]

Amazing capture!

[Carole Imes]

Instant fav. Amazing detailed shot of this beautiful owl. So well done.

[mark]

Wow, superb, fav!

[John Brown]

Beautifull shot .

[Juanita]

Fab portrait!

[Lisa]

Wow very nice capture!

[Jen Hudson]

Superb capture, great eyes and detail.

[Krissy]

haha he looks shocked that you took his photo!

[Joyce Wells]

Instant fav - such incredible detail! I love this!

[Anke Sudfield]

FAV, no words.

[vorka]

Awesome!!

[Nikki]

Missed this one. Great shot. So clear

[Diane Owens]

What an amazing shot--great detail!

[Sue Kosa]

Owl photo !!!

[Myrna O'Hara]

Wow, owl, amazing.

[Elizabeth Youngs]

Amazing!

[Susan T]

Wow! Amazing shot!

[Monika]

This is Gorgeous!!!

[Paul]

brilliant and so crisp

[Mary Lou]

I saw this on the pp - it is so deserving, excellent shot!! A fav.

[Alwyn]

He's fabulous! I woujld love to see one in the wild.

[Sara]

beautiful shot of the face!

[John Kapusta]

Terrific capture

[Sybil Freeman]

Such an amazing creature... such a wonderful capture... another fav

[jason]

Excellent photo. Owls are amazing.

[John Guerin]

Very cool shot. I saw a few owls last week and got a few decent shots but not this close. Well done.

[Kim]

WOW! I can't believe they'll sit still like that. And that they live so close to you. He really does look like he's enjoying having his portrait taken. :)

[cheryl]

OH WOW!!!!!! :-) Fav.

[Camerada]

it's gorgeous........what a face! :-))

[BirdNerd (Sandra M)]

beautiful! I would love to see one of these!

[Gina]

WOW! and I mean WOW! the focus is amazing and look at those eyes WOW!

[Laurie]

amazing!