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Greenmoor

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Lancashire
Barn Owl
« on: August 22, 2012, 10:29:58 am »
Just thought I'd share this video I took of a barn owl a few weeks ago.  We'd seen it a few times briefly, so I'd taken to carrying my camera around in the hope I'd manage to grab a photo of it.  I couldn't believe my luck when I managed to shoot this  :excited:

Apologies for the shakiness, I'd zoomed right in and the excitement had got to me  :D!

http://youtu.be/A99s3RDgKUU
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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
    • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Barn Owl
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2012, 10:36:05 am »
Fantastic that you managed to video it.  Thanks for sharing
Sally
 
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Barn Owl
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2012, 10:45:12 am »
Greenmoor - that's a great clip  :thumbsup:   I love the bits where it's hovering and you can see the legs moving back and forth for balance, while keeping the eyes absolutely stable.  What a beautiful bird - and well done for filming it.
« Last Edit: August 22, 2012, 10:49:39 am by Fleecewife »
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Brucklay

  • Joined Apr 2010
    • Perthshire
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Re: Barn Owl
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2012, 12:40:40 pm »
Thanks Greenmoor - that was great - well done you for being prepared  :thumbsup:
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Greenmoor

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Lancashire
Re: Barn Owl
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2012, 01:21:20 pm »
Glad you all enjoyed it - the best bit was when I turned around afterwards to share the excitement with my hubs and realised he'd been standing in the opposite gateway looking in the wrong direction and had missed it all  ;D

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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Barn Owl
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2012, 03:07:33 pm »
Quote from: Greenmoor on August 22, 2012, 01:21:20 pm
Glad you all enjoyed it - the best bit was when I turned around afterwards to share the excitement with my hubs and realised he'd been standing in the opposite gateway looking in the wrong direction and had missed it all  ;D

 :roflanim:
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Do something today that your future self will thank you for - plant a tree

 Love your soil - it's the lifeblood of your land.

Sudanpan

  • Joined Jan 2009
    • West Cornwall
    • Movement is Life
Re: Barn Owl
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2012, 05:42:40 pm »
Great clip  :excited: :excited:


What time of day was it? I was surprised to see it doing the hover - dunno why but it never occurred to me that owls would hover like other predator birds  doh!


Bet your OH was a bit  >:(
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bangbang

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Re: Barn Owl
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2012, 06:38:03 pm »
Great clip Greenmoor, thanks for sharing!  :thumbsup:
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jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Barn Owl
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2012, 07:46:36 pm »
Oh, that's an amazing bit of film  :thumbsup:  What a lovely bird  ;D
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goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
    • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: Barn Owl
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2012, 07:56:32 pm »
Kids enjoyed that too, thanks, that bit where it just kept hovering, brilliant.
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Greenmoor

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Lancashire
Re: Barn Owl
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2012, 08:22:38 pm »
Quote from: Sudanpan on August 22, 2012, 05:42:40 pm

What time of day was it? I was surprised to see it doing the hover - dunno why but it never occurred to me that owls would hover like other predator birds  doh!


Bet your OH was a bit  >:(

It was 9.45pm and I had no idea that they hovered like that either!

Yep, OH's language was pretty colourful  :-[, but I did point out that I only saw what he watched back on the clip anyway.

Thanks everyone  :)
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Bramblecot

  • Joined Jul 2008
Re: Barn Owl
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2012, 09:32:54 pm »
That was so beautiful.  I dream of seeing one in our fields.   We put up three owl boxes and got pigeons ::) .

Thank you for sharing it, take a  :bow:
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