Long-eared Owl
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Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Haven't been able to go out much...

Found these owls on Sunday at Mercy Hot Springs, in California's central valley, where they spend the winters. INCREDIBLY well hidden in a small grove of pine trees. To find them you ask the owner of the springs and she says that grove over there. Then in typical owl hunting fashion, you hunt, and hunt, and hunt, and...

This owl was unfazed by my constant camera chatter and allowed me to come within 20 feet of it.
Focal length: 500 mm fStop: 5.6 ISO: 400 Shutter Speed: 1/160
Panoche Valley, CA - Mercy Hot Springs
Nov 12, 2006