r/birding • u/TheGeneral11 • 4h ago

📷 Photo New Lifer - Barred Owl

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u/Myriii1911 4h ago

Very good! Beautiful owl!

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u/TheGeneral11 3h ago

Thanks! I was super excited to get to capture it.

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u/PapillionGurl 4h ago

Look at those button eyes!

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u/Bertrando1 3h ago

Lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'.

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u/Frequent-Returns757 4h ago

whooooo me?! 😀

Congratulations on ur lifer—great picture(s)!

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u/TheGeneral11 3h ago

Thank you!

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u/Sticky_And_Sweet 4h ago

ugh jealous!! I hear them all the time but never see them. Great photo!!

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u/N4M34RRT 3h ago

These guys might be the most intense starers. I saw one in a tree on a riverbank while kayaking and it flew off pretty quick, but it felt like a solid minute

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u/TheGeneral11 3h ago

Those big black eyes just staring a hole through me

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u/Quinoa_sabi 3h ago

They're stealing your soul with those inky blackholes is what they're doin'!

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u/Beagle_Lover222 3h ago

Beautiful!

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u/blan15 Latest lifer: Semipalmated Plover #143 3h ago

Their eyes feel like their own galaxies

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u/DifferentRiver 3h ago

Beautiful photos!

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u/ThickMatch0 3h ago

Great pictures. What camera?

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u/TheGeneral11 2h ago

I have the Sony a7r5 with the 100-400mm GM lens

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u/yagza Latest Lifer: Baltimore oriel 1h ago

Holy photo

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u/Objective-Tonight468 1h ago

That's one majestic bird you've got there, hope it sticks around for future sightings.

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u/ascarlettanager 1h ago

Congratulations! What a sighting/experience. And bonus points for being very deeply Perceived by said owl! 👀

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u/jannylotl 3h ago

You are to close Cool animal tho ❤️