Short-eared Owl Season

by AnneSpiers from Prince George CA on 23 Nov 2025

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Each fall I look forward to the arrival of Short-eared Owls! I have an old golden colored coat that I wear for camouflage in the wheat colored fields. I stand or sit in the tall grass (I'm short so cannot see over the grass most times) and hide out waiting for owls. I am utterly amazed by their keen sense of sight! You know you have been spotted when their flight pattern stutters and they circle around you with great curiosity.

Camera: NIKON D500
Focal: 220 mm
Shutter speed: 0.0005 sec
Aperture: f/ 6.3

tagged: owl shorteared wild conservation migration chirp raptor flight field wings animal bird flying beak vertebrate bird_of_prey wing wildlife falconiformes