What a hoot!

[jaetee]

So, I'm walkin' the dog in the dark last night.... and as I approach the house I hear whoo-whoo-whoo. I have this antenna station next to my house and there were two of these guys perched up there. Honestly, they are like 2ft tall!!!!! Those vertical antenna parts are at least 18"!!!! It was so dark the AF would not even think about working... So I had to manually focus. This is the sharpest of the 30 or so pics I snapped.

Just thought I'd share. The only owls I've ever seen in Florida were some tiny Burrowing Owls down in Cape Coral. These were massive!

 

[bill]

great shot

 

[MONOLITHIC]

I've never seen an owl in person before... Those must be some big-ass birds.

 

[jaetee]

Thanks... looking at those eyes, they feel like they are penetrating my skull!!!

 

[jaredscottfla]

very very cool Jt
i always liked owls,think they are fascinating creatures

 

[Fatdog]

That's a great picture, John! His eyes are freaking me out though. Sort of remind me of Christopher Lloyd's eyes at the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It's probably a good thing you were with your dog that night.

 

[floyd]

that owl has the same look as me when i lose an ebay auction ,damn snipers lol.

 

[jaetee]

That's a great picture, John! His eyes are freaking me out though. Sort of remind me of Christopher Lloyd's eyes at the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It's probably a good thing you were with your dog that night.

LOL, yea.... she's a little Shih-tzu... Owl bait!

 

[Radio raheem]

Great shot especially at night, thanks for shairing.

 

[THAFUZZ]

Great pic man. It's amazing to watch these beautiful birds hunt. Their feathers are like cotton so, they make virtually no fapping noise to sneak up on their prey. Amazing! I struck one with my Patrol Charger as I was doing about 97 MPH. I guess I was making virtually no flapping noise either as I snuck up on him standing on the road. :'-( :'-(

 

[MasterBlaster84]

Really nice pic, that's a very rare sight for most of us if we ever see one in person at all.

 

[oldskool69]

Great shot JT!!!

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Incredible JT-I love wildlife-I should show you some of my wildlife photos-I have many!
Beautiful owl photo!-I so need to get a good camera w/telephoto!
Have a super weekend-GB.

 

[Uncle Ed]

Impressive & Skillful photography for a boomboxer....

 

[jaetee]

Thanks Ed, glad you approve....

Heres another (non-owl) shot... This time its of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays!

 

[monchito]

those owls are the terminator series

 

[appleknocker]

That is a really cool owl and a great picture!! I have one that hangs out in my tree in the front yard that I see sometimes - but he is much smaller than this one.