Sunday, February 26, 2006

Montreal, Riviere des Prairies

hi from chuck
BINGO !!...owl species # 6 for me this season...... photographed a Great gray owl (Chouette lapone) at parc-nature riviere des prairies... 9:30 amtoday.... spotted the bird in a conifer , barely 25 feet from me.....in the 2 seconds i needed... to open my tripod... it flew off!.. followed it in my binoculars, it changed perches .. twice and landed in atree.... just over the little cemetery behind the convent....... separated by the property's fence ... i was able to take a series of photosat a distance of 75 to 100 metres... but not bad .... with 500mm lens.

chuck.

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