Great Grey's...

[Catmendo]

I've been swamped looking after business affairs of late which is really cutting into the time I would rather be spending looking through my camera lenses!

Anyway, the weather forecast was just to good to pass up yesterday so I decided to hit the open road in serach of the Great Grey owl, Manitoba's official bird. I ended up locating five GG's and everything went according to plan! I found a wide variety of subjects to capture from landscapes to birds, even a little white tail doe.

Over all I spent the day just wondering around with my camera and my little sheltie...what a great day!

This is a different bird.

The day started out with a thick layer of fog.

A ruffed grouse feeding off birch tree buds.

...and finally the little doe.

[finnbay]

Any day to get out is a good day, but this one was exceptional, Stu! Well done!

[JayinMN]

Great collection, its always nice when you catch a GGO in the sun.

I like the expression you caught on the deer too and its frosty hair.

[Jim Almquist]

What a great series Stu. Always cool to see a Great Gray with a nice cool blue sky as the back drop.

[Dbl]

It looks like it was a great day Stu! Terrific variety!

[Todd Caswell]

Wow, all are great

[mmeyer]

Man, those are incredible. Some of your best, I think.

[Spearing Machine]

Awesome work Stu! I looked through them a half dozen times to try and find a favorite and I cant pick just one. They are all sweet. For some reason the sun shining through the trees does stand out though.

[Catmendo]

Thanks! Here's a couple more from that outing...

First the Hay-Rake buried in snow.

Likewise for the old wooden boat.

[Hwood]

Always great stuff Stu. The sunrise shot...how peacefull.

[Nymph]

Great stuff, Stu. It is always a pleasure to view your work.

[Birdsong]

All are nice, Stu. Well more than nice actually. But that third photo is just beautiful!

[yakfisher]

I love the boat Stu!

[Deitz Dittrich]

Great stuff stu!

[MarkAlm]

Very nice shots !

[HawgMan]

Nice job Stu! All are great shots!

[Steve Foss]

Sweet work, Stu!

[ShawnZ]

Your photography game is so solid! I love that sunrise image with how large the sun is and the trees and all, what a scene.

Great gray owls in nice light, can't go wrong there. Beautiful grouse as well, and I like the tight framing on that one.

[OutlawTorn]

I absolutely love your Ruffed Grouse shot. Ive always wanted to catch one like that but Ive only managed to get them up close after the dogs gotten a hold of them...