Powerful owl with a meal

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timmo
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Powerful owl with a meal

Hi folks,

This was my very exciting find for the day on a short walk at Mt Coot-tha yesterday. Apologies for the poor quality images but I was out doing a bit of seed collecting and only had my mobile phone on me. And I just now realised this was a lifer for me - have heard them before but not seen one.

timrp
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Nice find, it looks huge!

soakes
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Good one.  I saw a powerful owl once in my driveway, although I didn't realise what it was at the time.  I was too stunned to see it in my headlights that I just sat there looking at it for a few seconds until it flew off.  If I had had the nouse to turn my headlights off I might have had a chance to observe it for longer.

soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia

timmo
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Yeah, it was rather large - maybe 40cm head to tail at a guess. Though the fact sheet suggests 55cm, so maybe my guess is not that accurate :)

Cheers
Tim
Brisbane

HelloBirdy
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Nice find! Clear view too with prey!

Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera

rawshorty
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Nice find Tim,

You should have gone back with your camera, it would most lickely have stayed in the same spot all day.

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

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