Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) catching some remarkable Golden Hour Light
📍 Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge (NY/NJ)
🗓️ March 04, 2024
📸 Nikon D500 | 200-500mm
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I found this image of a Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) taken a few years ago in 2024 during my visit to Liberty Loop at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge.
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Een uil in vlucht tegen een lichte, egaal grijze lucht. De vleugels van de uil zijn omhoog gericht en je ziet duidelijk het patroon van de veren. Het lichaam en de kop van de uil zijn licht van kleur met donkere strepen en zijn gezicht is enigszins naar voren gericht. De achtergrond is leeg en egaal, wat de uil in het midden van de foto extra goed zichtbaar maakt.
Uil in vlucht, gezien van opzij. De vogel heeft brede vleugels met een lichte onderzijde en donkere uiteinden. De achtergrond is egaal grijzig, waardoor het dier goed opvalt in het beeld.
Uil in vlucht. Op de foto is een uil te zien die door de lucht vliegt. De vleugels zijn wijd uitgespreid en de uil kijkt met zijn ronde gezicht schuin naar beneden. De achtergrond is egaal licht van kleur, waarschijnlijk bewolkt of mistig, waardoor de uil goed opvalt. De uil heeft een licht gezicht en donkere vleugels met een patroon van strepen.
Het was nogal een mistig dagje, desondanks op pad geweest en blij met mijn #velduil in de mist.
Foto’s zijn gecropt!
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#ShortEaredOwl
#AsioFlammeus
A Short-eared Owl flies past the camera, left to right. The background of the image is pale - buff grassland below, and blue sky above. The owl has both its wings outspread. It's pale cream, with dark flecks on its neck and breast, and dark tips to its wings. The centre of its face is very pale, with darker flecks around the outside and some dark feathering at the top of its curved bill. Its bright yellow eye is heavily ringed in black.
A Short-eared Owl fly-past.
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #raptor#owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #Cotswolds #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography 🪶
A Short-eared Owl flies straight towards the camera, low to the ground, so that the whole of the background is the grassy field over which it's flying. Both its wings are outspread, and nearly touch the edges of the image. The owl is pale cream, with dark flecks on its neck, breast and overwings. The centre of its face is very pale, with darker flecks around the outside. Its bright yellow eyes are heavily ringed in black.
Incoming:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/334229...
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #raptor#owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #Cotswolds #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
A Short-eared Owl flies past the camera, starting to make a banking turn to its right. Its wings are spread, with the left up and forwards and the right down and back, so that they cut diagonally across the photo. The background is very bright, with shining highlights. The owl's underside is very pale cream, with some dark flecks and patches on its neck and breast, tail, and wings. Its feet, tucked beneath it, are also feathered in pale cream. It is rim-lit by the strong sun behind it.
Tension:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/334085...
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Finishing with the asios: the Short Eared Owl.
#digitalart #digitalpainting #digitalillustration #painting #illustration #firealpaca #birdart #birds #shortearedowl #owlart #owl #owls #asio #asioflammeus
Beady eyed - A #Shortearedowl watching the sun go down on a beautiful perch on a cracking evening during the #goldenhour. Magic ✨
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📍 #Surrey #UK
A Short-eared Owl glides on a flight path towards and just to the left of the photographer, in very low light. The owl has both wings spread, the right one almost horizontal and the left held up at 2 o'clock. Not much of its body can be seen, except for the brown fleck markings on the cream of its head and breast. Its underwings are pale cream with dark splodges, and the ends of the flight feathers are brown. The centre of its face is white, with darker feathers around the periphery, and its bright yellow eyes are ringed in black.
Close call:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/333903...
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #raptor #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #Cotswolds #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
A Short-earedOwl rises up out of a field of rough grass, after diving unsuccessfully after prey. Its broad wings are raised and then bent over at nearly 90° with the effort of lifting it from the ground, and its legs and feet are trailing, talons still curved as if to capture prey. Behind the owl are a dry stone wall and some dark trees.
Up and away:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/333860...
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #raptor #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #Cotswolds#UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
A Short-eared Owl in half-profile, flying towards the left of shot with its wings outspread on the diagonal - left up and right down. It is strongly backlit by late afternoon sunshine, so the owl looks slightly hazy. Behind it are some out-of-focus trees, reduced to circles of light and dark bokeh.
Golden hour:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/333827...
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #raptor #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography 🪶
A Short-eared Owl flies directly towards the camera, both wings outstretched on a diagonal - the right wing up and the left down. Its gaze seems to be fixed on the photographer. It is flying above a field of rough grass, with a blur of trees on the horizon behind it. It is mainly mottled brown and cream, but the centre of its face is very pale. It has heavy black markings around its yellow eyes, and a mottled ring around the edge of its face with a pale ring outside that. The rings enclose and define its face, a little like a Victorian women's bonnet.
What's that I hear? It's #SuperbOwlSunday? Let's go!
I never see short-eared Owls face-on like this without being reminded of Victorian women's bonnets.
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This #shortearedowl was a lovely surprise in the gloom in #Yorkshire today. It sat there for a while - very obliging! #owls #nature #wild #free #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Yorkshire #RSPB #beautiful #asioflammeus
A Short-eared Owl flies above a field of rough grass, its wings uplifted and spread in a 'V' shape. It's a medium-sized Owl with a mottled brown and cream back, head, neck and overwings. Its underwings, feet, belly and face are cream, and it has round, orange eyes.
And streeeetch...
www.blipfoto.com/entry/333680...
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #raptor #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #Cotswolds #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
Owl drawing, pastelpens on Clairefontaine pastelmat paper.
It's an asio flammeus (short eared owl) I photographed in Santa Barbara, SP, Brazil, in 2017 and later drawed it.
#art #art@bsky.art #nature #owls #pastels #animal #avesdobrasil #asioflammeus #drawing
A very pale Short-eared Owl flies right to left, shot from below against a pale sky, so the whole image is quite high-key. The owl's body, underwings and face are pale cream with dark flecks, especially around its neck and the edges of its face. Its eyes are large, the irises deep yellow.
Two Short-eared Owls in confrontation. The closer one to the camera is nearly at the right hand edge of the frame, and is out of focus. The further one, at the left of the image, is flying low towards the first bird, its wings spread wide and its gaze intently fixed on the rival it is chasing.
A Kestrel on a wooden post in the middle of the field is being approached by a Short-eared Owl. The Kestrel has its back to the camera, and is spreading its tail and wings, ready to take off to meet the approaching threat. The owl is staring intently at the rival it is preparing to attack.
Different:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/333394...
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #raptor #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #kestrel #FalcoTinnunculus #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
A Short-eared Owl flies right to left above a field of rough, brown grass. There are some leafless trees at the distant horizon. The owl is flecked brown and tan on its neck and back and the upper surfaces of its wings, and its face, belly and underwings are cream with brown markings. Its feet, which it carries tucked underneath its belly, are wet and muddy from hunting in the wet grass.
Muddy feet:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/333325...
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #cotswolds #raptor #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
Búho campestre / Lechuza campestre (Asio flammeus) Bufo das xunqueiras. Descansando al borde de la carretera en Rinlo, Ribadeo, Lugo. Invernante regular en Galicia con algún episodio de cría muy escaso.
#buhocampestre #lechuzacampestre #asioflammeus #bufodasxunqueiras
A Short-eared Owl flies above a field of dry grass, both wings raised and partially backlit. It is a medium sized owl, with a mottled brown body, pale under-wings and yellow eyes.
Enigmatic:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/333178...
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #raptor #cotswolds #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
On your mark - A #shortearedowl making eye contact with a rival, about to take off. This image was featured by #canonuk a few months ago as their pinned image. #wildlife #nature #birds🪶 #photography #ukwildlife #asioflammeus #shortie #bird #wildlifephotography @btobirds.bsky.social
📍 #Surrey #UK
A Short-eared Owl hunts over a farm field, with sheep grazing in the background. It is a medium sized owl with a mottled brown body, pale under-wings and yellow eyes. In this photo it's gliding with both wings outstretched, and its eyes on the ground.
A Short-eared Owl hunts over a farm field, with sheep grazing in the background. It is a medium sized owl with a mottled brown body, pale under-wings and yellow eyes. In this photo it's starting to turn, with the nearer wing vertical and the further one lifted at 45 degrees, but its eyes are still on the ground beneath it.
A Short-eared Owl hunts over a farm field. It is a medium sized owl with a mottled brown body, pale under-wings and yellow eyes. In this photo it's doing a banking turn just above the field, with the nearer wing horizontal and the further one vertical.
A Short-eared Owl hunts over a field of rough grass. It is a medium sized owl with a mottled brown body, pale under-wings and yellow eyes. This individual is especially pale, so its under-wings look almost white and its brown markings look very dark. In this photo it's descending with both wings outstretched so they cut almost diagonally across the image, and its eyes on the ground.
A few more Short-eared Owl photos from 22/01/25.
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #raptor #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #Cotswolds #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
A Short-eared Owl flies from right to left, very close to the camera. Its eyes are on the field over which it's flying, and its wings are spread and slightly lifted.
Close-up:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/332880...
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #cotswolds #raptor #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #flight #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
An unforgettable moment from October 2023 – when a pair of Short-eared Owls (Asio flammeus) appeared like magic in the sky above me 🤩
#shortearedowl #asioflammeus
#nikonphotography #ukbirding #birdphotography #owl #birds #bbcwinterwatch
A Short-earedOwl flies into a turn, with its body horizontal but both wings extended in a vertical line. The bird is very pale, and its underside is strongly lit by the low winter sun.
Ool:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/332635...
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #raptor #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
10/01/2025, 4.13pm. -1°, but feeling more like -3. The dipping sun almost down behind the horizon. I'm in my car, pouring coffee from a flask, and looking forward to turning on the engine and putting the heated seat to "griddle". There are only two other cars left on the lane, and no other people visible. And suddenly an owl flies past, over the field to the south of the lane. "Oh well, never mind," I say, and carry on pouring my coffee. It flies past again, dives, and comes back up. "Bugger," I say, depositing flask and mug, grabbing the camera, and scrambling coatless from the car. Settings all wrong by now, of course, so the scene through the viewfinder is black. By the time I've adjusted them I can't see the owl any more, and by now I'm seriously cold, but then it reappears, heading up the field towards me. It semaphores a quick 'J' ("Hello to you too!") while looking over at the north side field behind me, but rather than crossing the lane it curves round at the top of the southern field and flies along the hedge line, where I lose sight of it. By now I'm shivering from head to foot, but as I get back in the car and turn the heater to 'roast' I'm giggling with elation at an unexpected and magical encounter. ISO 4000; f/7.1; 1/400 sec.
10/01/2025, 4.13pm. -1°, but feeling more like -3. The dipping sun almost down behind the horizon. I'm in my car, pouring coffee from a flask, and looking forward to turning on the engine and putting the heated seat to "griddle". There are only two other cars left on the lane, and no other people visible. And suddenly an owl flies past, over the field to the south of the lane. "Oh well, never mind," I say, and carry on pouring my coffee. It flies past again, dives, and comes back up. "Bugger," I say, depositing flask and mug, grabbing the camera, and scrambling coatless from the car. Settings all wrong by now, of course, so the scene through the viewfinder is black. By the time I've adjusted them I can't see the owl any more, and by now I'm seriously cold, but then it reappears, heading up the field towards me. It semaphores a quick 'J' ("Hello to you too!") while looking over at the north side field behind me, but rather than crossing the lane it curves round at the top of the southern field and flies along the hedge line, where I lose sight of it. By now I'm shivering from head to foot, but as I get back in the car and turn the heater to 'roast' I'm giggling with elation at an unexpected and magical encounter. ISO 4000; f/7.1; 1/400 sec.
10/01/2025, 4.13pm. -1°, but feeling more like -3. The dipping sun almost down behind the horizon. I'm in my car, pouring coffee from a flask, and looking forward to turning on the engine and putting the heated seat to "griddle". There are only two other cars left on the lane, and no other people visible. And suddenly an owl flies past, over the field to the south of the lane. "Oh well, never mind," I say, and carry on pouring my coffee. It flies past again, dives, and comes back up. "Bugger," I say, depositing flask and mug, grabbing the camera, and scrambling coatless from the car. Settings all wrong by now, of course, so the scene through the viewfinder is black. By the time I've adjusted them I can't see the owl any more, and by now I'm seriously cold, but then it reappears, heading up the field towards me. It semaphores a quick 'J' ("Hello to you too!") while looking over at the north side field behind me, but rather than crossing the lane it curves round at the top of the southern field and flies along the hedge line, where I lose sight of it. By now I'm shivering from head to foot, but as I get back in the car and turn the heater to 'roast' I'm giggling with elation at an unexpected and magical encounter. ISO 4000; f/7.1; 1/400 sec.
10/01/2025, 4.13pm. -1°, but feeling more like -3. The dipping sun almost down behind the horizon. I'm in my car, pouring coffee from a flask, and looking forward to turning on the engine and putting the heated seat to "griddle". There are only two other cars left on the lane, and no other people visible. And suddenly an owl flies past, over the field to the south of the lane. "Oh well, never mind," I say, and carry on pouring my coffee. It flies past again, dives, and comes back up. "Bugger," I say, depositing flask and mug, grabbing the camera, and scrambling coatless from the car. Settings all wrong by now, of course, so the scene through the viewfinder is black. By the time I've adjusted them I can't see the owl any more, and by now I'm seriously cold, but then it reappears, heading up the field towards me. It semaphores a quick 'J' ("Hello to you too!") while looking over at the north side field behind me, but rather than crossing the lane it curves round at the top of the southern field and flies along the hedge line, where I lose sight of it. By now I'm shivering from head to foot, but as I get back in the car and turn the heater to 'roast' I'm giggling with elation at an unexpected and magical encounter. ISO 4000; f/7.1; 1/400 sec.
10/01/2025, 4.13pm. -1°, but feeling more like -3 on the Cotswold scarp. The dipping sun is almost down behind the horizon. I'm back in my car, with no-one else in sight, when.... this happens.
#birds #UKBirds #raptor #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
A hunting Short-eared Owl flies into shot, head lowered and wings extended downwards in a delta shape. In the background is a blue haze of wooded hillside.
Incoming: the intent stare of a hunting Short-eared Owl.
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #raptor #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #Cotswolds #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography 🪶
A Short-eared Owl flies from left to right of shot, wings extended diagonally. In the background is a dry stone wall, and beyond that a blue haze of wooded hillside.
Volemaggedon:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/332452...
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #raptor #owl #ShortEaredOwl #AsioFlammeus #Cotswolds #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
Woo hoo! Owls! Hunting over the fields of #gloucestershire.
At least 7 #shortearedowls were later joined by a #barnowl.
Fab afternoon light & freezing cold!
Photos by my husb Moth Clark.
#birds #birding #wildlifephotography #owls #ukbirdwatching #birdphotography #raptors #tytoalba #AsioFlammeus
One of my favourite shots 🦉
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) hunting at dusk in West Yorkshire, October 2023.
#shortearedowl #asioflammeus #birds #owl #wildlifephotography
