"A Sand County Almanac"

"THERE ARE SOME WHO CAN LIVE WITHOUT WILD THINGS AND SOME WHO CANNOT."
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"LOOK DEEP INTO NATURE, AND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BETTER".....Albert Einstein


“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves”.....John Muir


Thursday, February 2, 2012

Great Horned Owls, Raccoon & Turkey Vulture...

Today I went back to the area where I photograped the mink yesterday hoping for a repeat sighting.  After an hour or so of waiting my mind began to wander back to a day, almost a year ago, when I photographed a great horned owl in this vicinity.  I began calling and hoping.  After a few minutes my efforts were rewarded by answering hoots from the nearby woods.  Shortly, the owl flew into sight, and we hooted back and forth for a while.  Then, to my surprise, a second owl chimed in and soon joined the first one in a nearby tree.  The photos below are among the better ones of the over 250 exposures I took this morning...





In the next photo one of the owls moved to another tree and is hooting at me...


While the owl interchange was going on I spotted movement on the stream bank...





After waiting another hour, I gave up on the mink and headed home.  I did stop to photograph this turkey vulture along the way...



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