Sunday, October 13, 2013

Eastern Grass-Owl takes to the blue skies

Week too late for Birdlife photographic group thronging Tyto Wetlands for Labour Weekend, Eastern Grass-Owl (Tyto longimembris) rises from grass today.

Just the one bird, perhaps also the pre-dawn sighting at back of the wetlands two mornings ago.

Time for three sharpish images before bird dropped back into distant grasses. Tough luck, DPITB guys.

2 comments:

  1. Wow! Congratulations. They are great pictures, too!

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  2. Mostly luck, Russell. I was looking for other birds at the time.

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