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<\/a>Incoming great grey owl. The owls fly very low, maneuvering just above the cattails. EOS 1DX EF 300mm f\/2.8 II f\/4 1\/1600sec ISO 5000.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>From behind the cattails. Great grey owl, EOS 1DX EF 300 f\/2.8 IS II f\/4 1\/2500sec ISO 500.<\/p><\/div>\n
A colorful spring: Back in spring, I photographed Californian shorebirds. Spring is mating season for the American Avocets. The plumage is in full breeding colors creating an interesting color pallet. <\/p>\n
<\/a>Mating American Avocets in breeding colors. EOS 1DX EF 600mm f\/4 IS II plus EF Extender 1.4X III f\/8 1\/2500sec ISO 800 handheld.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>American Avocet in breeding colors. EOS 1DX EF 600mm f\/4 IS II plus EF Extender 1.4X III f\/5.6 1\/3200sec ISO 800 handheld. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n
An animated summer: The highlight of the summer was the burrowing owl family that I photographed early in the season. The youngsters were quite playful as they were learning to fly and hunt. I was lucky to capture their practice flights before they started to mature and thus became more conservative in their activities later in the season.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Juvenile Burrowing owl. EOS 1DX EF 600mm f\/4 IS II + EF Extender 1.4X III f\/5.6 1\/3200sec ISO 640, handheld.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Diving juvenile Borrowing owl. EOS 1DX EF 600mm f\/4 IS II. + EF Extender 1.4X III f\/5.6 1\/3200sec ISO640. Handheld. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n
An exciting fall: The fall was more eventful than I had thought, I was able to photograph a male harrier in California coast, one of my favorite species as well as a handsome snowy owl in Canada again. The snow covered landscape in Ottawa provided some dramatic scenes that show the snowy’s habitat.<\/p>\n