Great Grey Owl Lands on Wildlife Photographer's Camera

[usonian]

Crazy!!
https://petapixel.com/2022/05/11/huge-grey-owl-lands-on-wildlife-photographers-camera/
Cross-posted to Photography.
Birdseed on her cap?

Presumably, a while ago, though who knows, snow in May? It's Canada, eh?

Photographer Anaïs Trépanier ventured into the wilds with the hopes of capturing memorable photos but instead ended up as the subject of one when a giant grey owl swooped down and perched on her camera.

Trépanier had ventured out on a photo expedition with fellow photographer Thomas Pham-Van and other photographer friends to the Côte-de-Beaupré area north of Quebec City, Canada. She says she spotted the giant grey owl sitting on a fence and while she stopped to take a few photos, it suddenly flew over to her position.

One of several neat photos:

[Lisa0825]

1. WOW!!! nt

[soldierant]

13. DITTO!

[Joinfortmill]

2. Cool

[NQAS]

3. The looks!

The owl looks like she’s wondering what the human is looking at. And her human’s look is, damn, the other photographer is going to get a helluva photo.

There’s something more than a little a little amazing when wildlife join the photographer.

[niyad]

4. Incredible!

[RainCaster]

5. Wow. Simply wow.

What a story.

[Bayard]

6. Jeez--he's big!

Pretty exciting!

[Stuart G]

7. Wonderful, Great & Outstanding picture.. Will win some kind of award. One of the greatest ever.

& MOST IMPORTANT.........THANK YOU FOR POSTING...K & R

[AdamGG]

8. When did Steve Buscemi take up photography?

[keithbvadu2]

9. Too close for a closeup

[NJCher]

10. Just wanted you to know

who is in control here.

[Stuart G]

11. One of the greatest pictures I have ever seen. Unimaginable!!

[calimary]

12. I never realized they were THIS big!

DAYUM!!!!!

If I were there, I'd be looking around on the ground, hoping for a feather that might have dropped. What a keepsake that'd be!

[Lettuce Be]

14. Wow! Astonishing, and that bird has to weigh a ton, plus the camera? Yikes

That takes real strength to hold just the camera, imagine the extra weight of the bird landing on your arm, not to mention not knowing how that'll feel. The more I think about it the more I'm impressed.

[usonian]

19. Well, "I did my own research" and max I saw was 8 pounds.

I think she was a bit more worried about the talons. I'd be.
The owl has amazing feathers that make almost no noise.
Fabulous creatures.

[Richard D]

15. Astounding!

Picture and experience of a lifetime!

[Hekate]

16. That is astonishing -- and so huge!

Athena? Is that an omen from you?

[Demovictory9]

17. Owl "stop taking my pic without permission"

Besutiful.bird

[cstanleytech]

18. What a beautiful bird.

[usonian]

20. Caption just occurred to me: AND I LEFT MY SELFIE STICK HOME!! nt

[mnhtnbb]

21. Yikes! That is a huge owl.

[Donkees]

22. Seems to be normal behavior :)

[wryter2000]

24. How cool

I wonder if cameras attract them for some reason. Or maybe they do it all the time and there's more likelihood of another camera around when professionals go out to take pictures.

[Donkees]

25. Some of the photographers mentioned that the owls were focused on the ground as if hunting

and listening for rodents. Maybe rodents are traveling in their tunnels as the photographers stomp around in the fields (?) One photographer mentioned the owl being an immature one. There are many more photos such as these

[hlthe2b]

23. Truly amazing. Look at the size of that beauty. No wonder the photog looks freaked out.

I have a very large Great Horned Owl that occupies a tree near my house and frankly I see enough rabbit, squirrel and rodent remains while walking my dog around the neighborhood before sunrise that I always give him a wide berth. Those talons can do some harm. But beautiful birds.