Momma Great Horned Owl Blasting out of the Nest
by Judi Dressler
Title
Momma Great Horned Owl Blasting out of the Nest
Artist
Judi Dressler
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Photograph - Photography
Description
This Great Horned Owl mom had just fed her young family in the tree stump, after which she jumped to the edge, looked around for a couple of minutes, and then shot out of the nest flying directly towards me. I am smitten by her -- her power and fierceness and her beauty, combined with her perseverance, tenderness and protectiveness towards her babies. You can see a little wing flapping by the owlets back in the tree stump.
One of the most common owls in North America, the Great Horned Owl is often seen in Colorado, and its deep hoots may be heard rolling through the air on mid-winter nights. With their long, earlike tufts, penetrating yellow-eyed stare, and deep hooting voice, Great Horned Owls are the owls of storybooks. These owls nest very early here -- in January -- and as a result the babies are already getting big in April. These powerful predators can take down birds and mammals even larger than themselves, but they also dine on daintier fare such as tiny scorpions, mice, and frogs. This owl is equally at home in deserts, wetlands, forests, grasslands, backyards, cities, and almost any other semi-open habitat between the Arctic and the tropics.
Photo taken in Boulder, Colorado, on May 4, 2019
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Comments (44)
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #16 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.....L/F/Tw
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous action photograph of a Great Horned Owl, with great timing, clarity, perspective, photo description, and composition, Judi! Really well done! F/L
Mary Lynn Giacomini
Great shot of the Horned Owl in flight leaving it's habitat......awesome work Judi! L/F
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 May: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (May 13, 2019)
Judi Dressler replied:
Thank you so much, Jan, for the feature and for allowing me to post on your Facebook page!