Perhaps it’s me but winter seems to be dragging on…I’m so looking forward to returning Osprey.
Though it will be some time yet…since they eat fish and would require the ponds and rivers to have open water and free of ice.
So for now I will count the days and the snow to be gone…waiting for the rivers to flow.
As we near the end of March my Winter Owling is now done for the Season. Great Gray and Hawk Owl sightings were few and far between…but I didn’t get skunked.
Snowy Owls on the other hand were abundant and easily located.
As the seasons change so do the subjects and will now be focused on Peregrines…with the first two birds recently returning.
Over all a good winter given the terrible conditions we encountered.
Cheers !
Dennis
You may recall the encounter with the Snowy who was perched on a snag on the back side of the grain bins…waiting for the owl to provide any sort of movement while watching through the viewer. The arms tire from holding the camera up and the fingers become numb from the cold.
Finally a little body shifting which indicated he may provide some action…good thing the clicker finger still had feeling and able to work the shutter button.