Northern Hawk Owl Hunting from Dale Bohlke on Vimeo.
This guy was busy hunting all morning. Shortly after sunrise he appeared to be chasing blue jays, at least they were raising quite a racket. He moved through the trees and only stopped occasionally on low branches to preen before flitting around. His flight was stuttered with hover maneuvers, short bursts, and low glides. Later in the morning the owl was out in the clear cut going to tree tops to hunt. It was backlit and did not show up on the frame so I moved around to get better lighting. He looked directly at me when a mouse squeaker was used but clearly the real thing interested him more. The take off is directly at me, flying within 10 feet of the tripod and camcorder.
Dale
2 comments:
Great thanks for the post.
Very cool! Keep us southerners in the loop on its presence as one day I might get up to see it.
Andy Paulios
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