Barn Owl by danob
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Description
No series of Birds Of Prey would be complete without the Barn Owl whilst endearing they Mate for Life they are the ultimate killing Machine and can hear a mouses heartbeat from across a 40-50 foot barn...
Some facts of interest:...
Plumage: The plumage covering the head, back & outer wings are of a rich apricot colour; scattered with silvery blue mottling & the frontal area & under parts of the wings are of pure white, eyes are black & surrounded by a distinctive white facial disk that is heart-shaped.
Female Markings: Distinctive black speckling on frontal area under wing parts & a distinctive dark pencilled line around the facial disc together with an apricot coloured necklace.
Male Markings: Under parts & facial disc are of pure white.
Hearing Capabilities: Barn Owls mainly hunt by sound rather than by sight. With it's acute hearing the Barn Owl can detect the slightest movement & sound of its prey. The ears are set asymmetrical, one higher than the other under the feathering of the inside edge of the facial disc, located next to the eyes. The facial disc acts as an amazing sound funnel, collecting & filtering sound. This allows the Owl to detect the movement of its prey with complete accuracy.
Thanks for all your comments and taking time to look
Comments (60)
Kropot
Top shot, its perfect in the white feathers, thats brilliant. The ultimate shot. The dof is beautifull, post or not, maybe Lglass?
Apophis906
Wow, Owls are just such cool birds. This is such a wonderful photo of a very pretty bird, such a close one as well. Excellent capture and job here.
patmartj
Bueatiful, perfect image
DJB
Does photography get clearer than this....No way. Looks live to me.Cannot believe me eyes !!!!
gallimel
what a precious, soft, amazing portrait.
sinistar
It seems extraordinary to me that such high quality work gets so few ranking/comments You excell at what you do my friend sorry to be late in commenting
sparky123
Phew top notch!! Enough said..V
tallpindo
Beauty stacked like cord wood. Isn't it wonderful birds don't sweat?
PapaGuru
Beautiful birds thes Barn-owls, beautiful "portrait"!!
Enmos
Gorgeous capture !! Awesome colors and dof !! Excellent work !! v
Tamela.J.
WOW amazing facts I had no idea about. Very interesting! Ive never seenm such a close up of an Owl. They are quite beautiful! A few yrs ago, when my hubby would drive the Dinner Train thru the beautiful woods to get to columbia winery there always sat 2 beautiful white Owls under one of the bridges. Everytime the train would go by they would fly out & when passed would go back under the bridge where they lived for well over 10 yrs. I always loved seeing them. Now they are both gone. No one knows what happened to them, but they were sure a beautiful vision!! Outstanding shot!!
jstsittinghere
speechless, brillant capture.v
tony_br22
yo this is excellent
madame
What a fabulous shot... impressive portrait of a superb creature ! v
sossy
amazing shot! wonderful view of the soft and cozy looking feathers! very informative text!
zatman
Perfect image and wonderful outline of its behavior
1010
You take the most exquisite bird photos. Where do you live to see these beautiful creatures? ~V~
Vraxor
Excellent Capture! Most brillant crispness and detail.
Blush
Oh wow! Now I have saw these barn owls up close & in person where else but in a barn wink This is an excellent capture and you should see them fly they are beauts and that wing span oh my:) You got my vote Hugs Susan~
Niutek
Such a beautiful creature... I'd love to have one trained and named Hedwig :)) Fabulous photo, Danny! :))
Stringy
Amazing work Danny! I can see you really enjoy your photography. Great attention to detail again and as always an interesting read.
pjaj
Excellent photography here! Beautiful shot!!
SNAKEY
TOYTO ALBA........... THE BARN OWL!! AN EXCELLENT IMAGE MATE.:o))
Masema
Wow...tough to add to what's already been said...brilliant work Danny, the details in the feathers is awesome.
Michelle A.
Aother magnificent creature... we have them here in the backyard...! The crows however would like for them to leave..... crows are very territorial and get quite vicious with the owls if they feel they are being encroached on....
RedundantlyAbundant
Such a fascinating creature! The plumage in owls is so unique compared to other birds. Thanks for the educational words. Was this bird in captivity? Excellent image regardless.
terra-man
This is one of my favorite birds and a wanderfull capture of it. Vote
Krystie
I love your photo! It's one of my favorite birds, so thank you for your excellent capture! I Vote!
Mikan
one of the greatest portrait of this kind! such a fascinating one! congrats!
Drea71
I just loved all your recent bird-images and hope you won't be disappointed that I haven't commented on each and every one of them. Due to my recent holidays I'm waaaaaaaaay behind commenting, but didn't want to leave your gallery without saying how much I enjoyed those images!