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wsdstan · « **Reply #1500 on:** July 03, 2018, 10:43:44 PM »

Thanks Nuke. Interesting sound and the bird book mentions that they do caterwaul during the day more than any other owl. It is interesting that they eat fireflys.

We only hear the Great Horned owls at night. They do a lot of who's, as many as eight I have counted but usually less. Have never heard one screech but they do that I am told.

We are supposed to have Barn owls around here too but I have only seen them in the southern half of Kansas when Quail hunting. Once, about thirty years ago I saw a Snowy Owl in the south end of Kansas along the Cimarron river. It was in November while hunting Blue Quail. It is way out of their normal range.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1501 on:** July 04, 2018, 10:54:32 AM »

Quote from: imnukensc on July 03, 2018, 12:35:11 PM

Wasn't exactly sure where to put this since it's a trail cam photo, but figured here was as good as any.

I've watched barred owls in my backyard for several years now. It took me a while to figure out what they were catching/eating because I knew I didn't have that many field rats or deer mice that they could constantly be swooping down on and eating. Best I can figure is when it's a good year for lightning bugs it's also a good year for barred owls. ...

I know nothing about barred owls, but the Great Horned Owl is the principal predator of skunks.

I see all your bird feeders. Could that be like a luncheon buffet for these owls? The Cooper's Hawks here think my bird feeders are their personal fast-food outlet.

Sarge · « **Reply #1502 on:** July 04, 2018, 11:22:21 AM »

Cool pic. Bet that is a bird buffet. Haha.

I live sorta in the country and hear owls but never see them. I've only seen one or two in the wild...ever.

Pete Bog · « **Reply #1503 on:** July 04, 2018, 01:59:30 PM »

We have a fair amount of owls here. We like having them around as they are nocturnal just like the pocket gophers. They keep those little pests in check.

One night, a few years ago - just outside our open window, one of the adults appeared to be teaching a young one how to "who". One of the funniest things I have ever heard in the wild.

Another night we were on the front porch and heard what sounded like baby raccoons in the woods. We got a flashlight. One of those million candlepower jobs you see everywhere and went to investigate. There, lined up on a tree limb were three or four little owls just a chortling away. What a surprise, we never expected owls to make that sound. Wonderful and memorable.

imnukensc · « **Reply #1504 on:** July 04, 2018, 04:06:38 PM »

Quote from: Old Philosopher on July 04, 2018, 10:54:32 AM

I see all your bird feeders. Could that be like a luncheon buffet for these owls? The Cooper's Hawks here think my bird feeders are their personal fast-food outlet.

Well, OP, all I can say with 100% certainty about that is, "I don't think so." The BOs, at least in my limited observations of them have never shown any interest in the birds on the bird feeders. I've seen them land 10 feet away from a cottontail to get a lightning bug. They've never even bothered 6 week old chickens that are still out free ranging in the yard when they show up in the evening. Cooper's Hawks are another story. I used to have a few other bird feeders further out in the yard. The Cooper's Hawks loved them, but those feeders are no longer there. I didn't care about the Cooper's Hawks getting an easy meal, but my wallet was thinner from paying for feeding the deer that would come tip the feeders to spill the black oil sunflower seeds for an easy meal.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1505 on:** July 04, 2018, 08:25:58 PM »

That kind of cohabitation is great to see. I always considered the owls as the "gentlemen" of the Birds of Prey. I've seen redtails and Swainson hawks go after crows just for having the nerve to fly in "their" sky. LOL

imnukensc · « **Reply #1506 on:** July 05, 2018, 11:40:49 AM »

Look who's eating the cantaloupe innards I threw out for the chickens.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1507 on:** July 05, 2018, 01:59:43 PM »

Haha! Good catch.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1508 on:** July 27, 2018, 09:07:50 PM »

While my daughter was doing a portrait shoot at a local Historical Village, this 1917 thrashing machine caught my eye.

wolfy · « **Reply #1509 on:** July 28, 2018, 08:33:41 AM »

Looks like an Allis-Chalmers/John Deere hybrid GMO to me.

Nice capture, Ol' P!

madmax · « **Reply #1510 on:** July 28, 2018, 09:14:50 AM »

Steampunk.

wsdstan · « **Reply #1511 on:** July 28, 2018, 12:11:31 PM »

Enlarge that one to 17x22 or so and frame it in barnwood. Hang it in your office if you got one, the kitchen if you don't.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1512 on:** August 02, 2018, 11:54:42 AM »

Thanks! The next time I'm at the Village I'll take a full view so Wolfy can give us a positive ID.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1513 on:** August 05, 2018, 01:19:03 PM »

Quote from: wolfy on July 28, 2018, 08:33:41 AM

Looks like an Allis-Chalmers/John Deere hybrid GMO to me. Nice capture, Ol' P!

Here ya go, Wolfy!

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1514 on:** August 05, 2018, 01:25:55 PM »

Here are couple more trips down "memory lane", or maybe possibly "before my time".

imnukensc · « **Reply #1515 on:** August 27, 2018, 12:34:06 PM »

I know---crappy photos, but they were taken with with my wife's cell phone, sent to me via text message, downloaded to my computer, and then edited with Windows, so there ya go. Anyway, this is the piebald fawn we watched for several minutes in the yard yesterday evening. His/her twin was normal. The doe was not piebald even though the photo makes it look like she has a big white splash on her side.

wsdstan · « **Reply #1516 on:** August 27, 2018, 05:33:01 PM »

I have never seen one in all the years of being in the woods. Pretty neat.

Either one would make a pretty good piece of art if blown up to about 11x14 or so and framed. They look like watercolors.

imnukensc · « **Reply #1517 on:** August 28, 2018, 01:54:22 PM »

I've been fortunate to see three including this one. The first was a nice 8 pt (eastern count) buck the day before the season opened many years ago. Then saw another doe several years ago on the property where I used to work.

papadan · « **Reply #1518 on:** August 28, 2018, 02:14:02 PM »

imnukensc Whatcha got in that big old pot, vinnecin stew, maybe? :-()

imnukensc · « **Reply #1519 on:** August 28, 2018, 03:35:00 PM »

Nah, that's my fire pit/cooking rig. When I bought this place 13 years ago, the previous owners left a big old cauldron that they had drilled a hole in the bottom of and turned it into a flower pot. I thought this was a better use for it.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1520 on:** October 31, 2018, 01:12:00 PM »

Winter's coming to the Whitefish Range. Seen from the Tobacco Valley, NW Montana

crashdive123 · « **Reply #1521 on:** November 07, 2018, 05:41:17 PM »

PetrifiedWood · « **Reply #1522 on:** April 29, 2019, 11:17:06 AM »

I've been bitten by the photo bug lately and I have been taking a TON of pictures. I joined a photography contest site called "Gurushots" and have been holding my own in the contests. It's been fun and my skills have improved a bit.

madmax · « **Reply #1523 on:** April 29, 2019, 11:31:36 AM »

Wow! I've been on an apocalyptic novel reading kick. That could be a book cover. Cool.

PetrifiedWood · « **Reply #1524 on:** April 29, 2019, 11:42:30 AM »

Quote from: madmax on April 29, 2019, 11:31:36 AM

Wow! I've been on an apocalyptic novel reading kick. That could be a book cover. Cool.

Thanks! I have been so busy with life stuff lately that I haven't been able to participate with the forum as much, but now that my youngest is almost 3 she is a lot easier so I am slowly getting back to my hobbies and interests. This was taken Friday at Canyonlands N.P.

madmax · « **Reply #1525 on:** April 29, 2019, 11:47:20 AM »

Wild place. I did some climbing there back in the day. When Kelly retires after next school year we're going to revisit the west.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1526 on:** April 29, 2019, 12:58:35 PM »

Quote from: PetrifiedWood on April 29, 2019, 11:17:06 AM

I've been bitten by the photo bug lately and I have been taking a TON of pictures. I joined a photography contest site called "Gurushots" and have been holding my own in the contests. It's been fun and my skills have improved a bit.

Nice, PW! I picked up a new bridge camera last summer, and just noticed I have 5,000+ new photos stacked up already! Ack!! I must start posting more here....

wsdstan · « **Reply #1527 on:** April 29, 2019, 05:44:04 PM »

Great photo PW, it would make a great one to blow up and hang on a wall. Sky is really something and so is the depth.

wolfy · « **Reply #1528 on:** April 29, 2019, 06:25:40 PM »

NICE SHOT!

Haven?t been there.........yet.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1529 on:** April 29, 2019, 07:17:03 PM »

"Turkey on the Run"

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1530 on:** April 29, 2019, 08:38:03 PM »

BREAKING NEWS! "Zombie Bluejay attacks hapless bystander!"

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1531 on:** April 29, 2019, 08:42:17 PM »

"Thunderbird Weather"

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1532 on:** May 06, 2019, 09:07:17 PM »

"Here's lookin' at ya, buddy!"

madmax · « **Reply #1533 on:** May 07, 2019, 09:06:23 AM »

That is one cool photo.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1534 on:** May 07, 2019, 09:22:12 AM »

Quote from: madmax on May 07, 2019, 09:06:23 AM

That is one cool photo.

Thanks, Max!

wsdstan · « **Reply #1535 on:** May 07, 2019, 03:36:03 PM »

Neat pic OP.

wolfy · « **Reply #1536 on:** May 07, 2019, 05:02:13 PM »

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1537 on:** May 07, 2019, 07:40:51 PM »

madmax · « **Reply #1538 on:** May 08, 2019, 04:38:20 AM »

The Trickster.

wsdstan · « **Reply #1539 on:** May 08, 2019, 12:44:06 PM »

That is one to crow about OP. Nice photo, and probably hard to get.

I thought it might be a Flicker but the beak isn't like my photos.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1540 on:** May 08, 2019, 05:31:49 PM »

Quote from: wsdstan on May 08, 2019, 12:44:06 PM

That is one to crow about OP. Nice photo, and probably hard to get.

I thought it might be a Flicker but the beak isn't like my photos.

That one was shot for a photo challenge contest. There were a lot of crows around at the time.
He/she didn't know I was anywhere around. The shot was taken with my Panasonic FZ80 with a 35mm telephoto equivalent of 2,369mm.

I can actually play with the settings and get the equivalent of over 6,000mm out of it, the the atmospheric distortion (heat waves) at ground level make the images pretty worthless. Yeah, I can get a portrait of a ground squirrel 1/4 mile away, as long as I tell you it's a ground squirrel and not a groundhog. Fuzzy, furry blob... Hahaha!

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1541 on:** May 08, 2019, 05:33:09 PM »

hayshaker · « **Reply #1542 on:** May 08, 2019, 06:04:11 PM »

now that's creative

wolfy · « **Reply #1543 on:** May 08, 2019, 06:41:32 PM »

Looks cold.......and enchanting! Nice one Ol'P!

wsdstan · « **Reply #1544 on:** May 08, 2019, 06:52:27 PM »

Yes, very creative. Looks like the opening scene in a movie about something scary.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1545 on:** May 08, 2019, 08:04:21 PM »

I was trying to get a shot of the zombie clouds/colors around the moon, but the wind was blowing so hard the clouds were moving fast. Only parted a couple time for a few seconds.

SO...what you see is what I saw, no fancy footwork behind the curtain.

PetrifiedWood · « **Reply #1546 on:** May 18, 2019, 12:30:57 PM »

Messing around with HDR software again. It's probably a bit over the top.

wsdstan · « **Reply #1547 on:** May 18, 2019, 01:36:26 PM »

I really like the foreground, great depth in that canyon, it shows up well. I agree about the sky although I have seen those kind of gray shades and formations.

Old Philosopher · « **Reply #1548 on:** May 18, 2019, 03:44:17 PM »

That sky looks typical for Montana this time of year. Nice pic.

When you say "HDR Software", what is your reference? I'm asking because my camera has an "HDR Mode" where it brackets 3 pix and then averages them in-camera (both .jpg and RAW).

PetrifiedWood · « **Reply #1549 on:** June 08, 2019, 11:12:34 PM »

Quote from: Old Philosopher on May 18, 2019, 03:44:17 PM

That sky looks typical for Montana this time of year. Nice pic.

When you say "HDR Software", what is your reference? I'm asking because my camera has an "HDR Mode" where it brackets 3 pix and then averages them in-camera (both .jpg and RAW).

Essentially it's the same thing. I take 3 bracketed pics and process them in software called "Photomatix". For regular photo editing I have been using Affinity Photo which was like $55 for a one time purchase. It's rough;y analogous to Photoshop, but with photoshop you have a recurring subscription fee.. They recently released an upgrade to Affinity Photo and the next time I opened the program I was surprised to see it had updated automatically, so my one time purchase includes at least one free upgrade to the latest version.

I have also been fooling with astrophotography and image stacking to reduce noise from using high ISO to gather a lot of starlight. This is in my back yard.

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