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Barred Owl

by David Chauvin

Gallery: AvianPosted April 27, 2010189 views21 comments
Crawfish for breakfast.

50D, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/200 sec, f5.6, ISO 400, ~75% of original frame

David
South Louisiana

Comments

21 comments
Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 27, 2010 at 6:15 PM
Sweet shot David. Love the comp and the crayfish. Head of the owl and crayfish look tack sharp. Well done.
Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments
Comment posted by Hans Spiecker on April 27, 2010 at 6:19 PM
I love crawfish too but not raw... Very nice shot, well done David.
Registered on March 23, 2006, 366 Posts, 4649 Comments
Comment posted by mark cillo on April 27, 2010 at 6:27 PM
Really cool image! :wavey:
Registered on July 27, 2008, 143 Posts, 1483 Comments
Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on April 27, 2010 at 7:05 PM
How did an owl get a crayfish??? Great picture, by the way :smile:
Registered on July 23, 2005, 111 Posts, 408 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 27, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Super! Great shot with the crayfish and mossy tree trunk.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments
Comment posted by denise ippolito on April 27, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Beautiful composition and exposure. I like the crawfish and the feet.
Registered on December 17, 2009, 202 Posts, 1529 Comments
Comment posted by Dan Moore on April 27, 2010 at 7:59 PM
Super shot! one of the best of the last week and it was a very good week.

Dan
Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 27, 2010 at 11:35 PM
Beautiful shot, David. Gorgeous detail throughout and the meal is most unusual for an owl post. :toast:
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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on April 28, 2010 at 12:16 AM
Excellent capture, comp and techs. The sharpness is very impressive.
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Comment posted by Peter Conway on April 28, 2010 at 12:24 AM
Wow this is great. Love everything about it. :toast:

Peter
Registered on June 25, 2007, 347 Posts, 3913 Comments
Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 28, 2010 at 7:13 AM
Great catch David - love the detail and gleam in the bird's eye

cheers
Rob
Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments
Comment posted by Douglas Graham on April 28, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Really nice moment. Great setting, comp and exp
Registered on May 14, 2009, 123 Posts, 522 Comments
Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 28, 2010 at 9:14 AM
really cool shot, David. love the crawdad, perch, and pose. I do wish that you had some more on the left.
Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments
Comment posted by David Chauvin on April 28, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Thanks to everyone for the feedback. Crawfish are a staple food source for barred owls in this neck of the woods, especially in the spring.

Brian,,,,,I wish I'd had more room to get a wider view, but I was shooting through a narrow gap in the trees and ugly branching is just outside of this crop on every side.

Registered on August 5, 2004, 1007 Posts, 5595 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Saunders on April 28, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Great behavioral shot David. I've seen this species take Crayfish before too. :toast:
Registered on February 6, 2008, 321 Posts, 3035 Comments
Comment posted by Nancy Elwood on April 28, 2010 at 11:23 AM
David lovely intimate portrait of this barred!! The BG is perfect and the crawfish really makes this one special. Big congrats! :toast:
Registered on January 15, 2010, 101 Posts, 396 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Leggett on April 28, 2010 at 5:26 PM
Gotta love dem mudbugs! Interesting behavioral shot, David.

BTW, the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival is coming up this weekend, FWIW.
Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments
Comment posted by Robert Bunch on April 28, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Very nicely done. :toast:
Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Dudley on April 28, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Terrific image David. Love the feeding behavior, perch and apparent reflection of trees in the eye.
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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 29, 2010 at 8:41 PM
AWESOME Where' Nat. Geo? Great work David
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Comment posted by Andrew Sentipal on April 30, 2010 at 9:49 PM
Does not get much better than this. Thanks for sharing

Andrew :toast:
Registered on February 16, 2008, 200 Posts, 317 Comments