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Come Quietly... And Bring Your Camera! (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by anon6789 to c/superbowl

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From Jerry Chinn

My cell phone rang. It was my wife, Tori. "Come downstairs quietly with your camera' she said. She was in her backyard garden, and as approached, she motioned to come over to the fence. Pointing low down to the tree just on the other side of the fence was this owl... probably the same one photographed on the ground the other day. So, there was a great horned owl in a tree, no more than 25 feet away. Amazingly, he just continued to look at us as I fired off several shots. Only when I moved around to try to get a different angled shot did he fly off.

Below are the photos mentioned from the other day.

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[–] anon6789 17 points 5 months ago

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What a good owl! This is like the definitive owl, and is exactly the image I have in my head when someone mentions an owl in general

[–] anon6789 5 points 5 months ago

It is the quintessential North American owl! Beautiful looking, with a wonderfully powerful hoot.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 1 points 5 months ago

The Platonic Owl

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Looks good, impressive wingspan. And you're back in my feed, so also great! Enjoy your day, be kind to yourself, ok?

[–] anon6789 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It looks happy enjoying the sunshine.

I'm feeling pretty good today. Less sick, less mopey. Work may be weird today, too early to tell, but I have piano class tonight and that always makes me happy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It does! I'm glad you're feeling better. I feel stiff. I could've slept a bit longer, but didn't and should have been up by now, to avoid extra aches. But I'm getting up now, so I expect after getting moving, some will wear off. I'll mask up before going out, just in case.