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Birders

wryter2000

(47,940 posts)

24. How cool

Reply to Donkees (Reply #22)

Fri May 13, 2022, 10:34 AM

May 2022

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.

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Great Grey Owl Lands on Wildlife Photographer's Camera [View all] usonian May 2022 OP

WOW!!! nt Lisa0825 May 2022 #1

DITTO! soldierant May 2022 #13

Cool Joinfortmill May 2022 #2

The looks! NQAS May 2022 #3

Incredible! niyad May 2022 #4

Wow. Simply wow. RainCaster May 2022 #5

Jeez--he's big! Bayard May 2022 #6

Wonderful, Great & Outstanding picture.. Will win some kind of award. One of the greatest ever. Stuart G May 2022 #7

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Too close for a closeup keithbvadu2 May 2022 #9

Just wanted you to know NJCher May 2022 #10

One of the greatest pictures I have ever seen. Unimaginable!! Stuart G May 2022 #11

I never realized they were THIS big! calimary May 2022 #12

Wow! Astonishing, and that bird has to weigh a ton, plus the camera? Yikes Lettuce Be May 2022 #14

Well, "I did my own research" and max I saw was 8 pounds. usonian May 2022 #19

Astounding! Richard D May 2022 #15

That is astonishing -- and so huge! Hekate May 2022 #16

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What a beautiful bird. cstanleytech May 2022 #18

Caption just occurred to me: AND I LEFT MY SELFIE STICK HOME!! nt usonian May 2022 #20

Yikes! That is a huge owl. mnhtnbb May 2022 #21

Seems to be normal behavior :) Donkees May 2022 #22

How cool wryter2000 May 2022 #24

Some of the photographers mentioned that the owls were focused on the ground as if hunting Donkees May 2022 #25

Truly amazing. Look at the size of that beauty. No wonder the photog looks freaked out. hlthe2b May 2022 #23