The early seventies gave us ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’. Who doesn’t know the ‘Dead Parrot Sketch‘? Anyway. Last week gave me a flying circus as well. A Circus cyaneus to be more precise, also known […]
Tag Archives: Raptor
Little More
Some weeks ago, I found a Little Owl that appeared ‘approachable’. After my first visit I went back one more time, trying for some different images. Inspired by these little, fluffy owls, I decided to […]
The Little Owl on the Prairie
Well, maybe it’s a pole instead of a prairie, but what the heck. Yesterday, after a rather disappointing visit to an area where I hoped for some nice waterfowl, I decided to drive past a […]
Home Alone
Home alone for me doesn’t only mean pizza, Chinese takeaway and party all night. It also makes me go out (even) a little more than normal, especially in the evening. Since this is the slowest […]
Ospreys Around the World
My first good shots of Osprey I made a decade ago in Oman. After that I saw some during my travels, and even not too far from home I was able to photograph some. That […]
Urban Jungle?
Some days ago I visited a suburb in a not-too-attractive nearby town. The reason? Long-eared Owls that have chosen this place to spend their days for some years now. Smack in the middle between […]
Parental Chores
As written earlier, the Sparrow-hawks in ‘my’ forest had three young this year. Even if by now they have left the nest and can fly around by themselves, I always have the impression that the […]
Evening Encounter
Yesterday I was home late, and after haven eaten my dinner, I wanted to get some fresh air. So I ventured out into the nearby forest, and since you never know what you will find, […]
Short-ears in Flight
Around the beginning of this year, I had the opportunity to frame Short-eared Owls. As true masters in camouflage, during the day they were hardly discernible in the tall grasses. However in the late afternoon (mostly […]
Under mummy’s wings…..
Photographing a nest is normally ‘not done’. And you wouldn’t normally risk to get close to an Eagle Owl’s (Oehoe) nest neither! But what if – for the 3rd year in a row – the […]
Kestrel Collection
Because I have quite a lot of Kestrel (Torenvalk) shots, I rarely go out with the specific goal of framing it. Since it’s one of my favorite raptors however, of course I never let a […]