Someone’s Watching

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photo courtesy of Dennis Swayze

Fortunate to locate a family of Great Horned Owls this year…it’s been a while.
For the most part the owlets are relatively easy to locate. Adults on the other hand can be a little more difficult.
They tend not to go into defense mode or become vocal if a human is near…unlike members of the Hawk Family.

They have amazing eye sight and will spot you long before you would spot them. It can be an eerie feeling to look over your shoulder and see a Great Horned glaring down at you.

It hadn’t been till well after photographing the owlets that I noticed that someone watching me.

Cheers !
Dennis

Pelican on the Red

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photo courtesy of Dennis Swayze

I’m sure everyone has seen the American White Pelican at some point…perhaps in one of the many manmade ponds within the city.
If traveling outside the city near Lockport, Selkirk or Gimli you may have noticed them soring high overhead in a group.
Their main food source is fish and hunt for them singly or in a group as they are a very social bird…often congregating forming a circle around a school of fish when located and begin feeding.
Pelicans being the largest bird you will find in Manitoba with a wingspan of up to 90 in.
Would be pretty hard to mistake them for another bird.

Change of Pace

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photo courtesy of Dennis Swayze

Change of pace is warranted…even though I have a number of captures from Great Horned and Cooper’s site visits that may not see the light of day.
Always exciting to have a close up encounter with Bald Eagles.
Although I don’t want to rush things.
Thoughts of fall trips up Lake Winnipeg when the Eagles begin to collect in good numbers prior to the Fall Migration keep popping into my mind.

October will come all too soon.