Owls

It has been a misty day. We hoped to go in search of owls with our new camera and it was looking unlikely that the weather would be right, until the mist started to clear early afternoon:

It was lovely driving through the country lanes to the owls' usual haunt. I feel so lucky that the countryside is so accessible to us now.

We met two other birdwatchers there who had their tripods, binoculars and cameras set up. They had state of the art cameras with telescopic lenses which made my camera look very small and insignificant.

Within minutes of us arriving, the owl appeared and started hunting. All you could hear was the fast clicking of three cameras and the occasional gasp as it headed straight at us a couple of times. It seemed to know that we were watching because it put on an amazing display for us. After several dives and unsuccessful attempts to catch something, it flew off. One of the other bird watchers said 'I think that deserves a round of applause' Absolutely!

Not having a telephoto lens, our pics were quite distant, but still better than with the old camera:

 

I'm looking forward to getting some more bird pictures in the future and if I could get the Kingfisher I would be thrilled to bits - we will see.

Al :)