My favorite owl.

[JayinMN]

I'm in a race for time here, I need to head to work real quick so only uploaded these two. They are for you XT...lol I had some great one on one time with Ole Mr Great Gray this evening. It showed off its hunting skills and caught some type of rodent buried in the snow about 10 feet from me. Two gulps and it was gone. I met mnfishingal at the Admiral feeder earlier in the evening.

This is the hoary redpoll on Admiral Rd.

[micpic]

Holy Cow! I looked at that first image and those eyes mesmorized me so much I had to back away from the screen. Nice work!

MicPic

[Jim Almquist]

Very cool shots Jay. I love the half buried GGO. You really need to quite rubbing it in

[finnbay]

Wow! Keep 'em coming!

[Dotch]

The owl in the first one looks like it could bore a hole right through you with those eyes. All very nice!

[Dbl]

Beautiful!

[MN Shutterbug]

JERK! Just plain awesome, Jay. Thanks for dedicating him to me.

What time did you find him?

[Steve Foss]

Great stuff, Jason!

[Borealhunter]

That's a real nice looking Hoary Redpoll!!

Mike

[JayinMN]

XT, the owl was out at around 4:30.

Where in the heck did these legs come from? I had no idea they were that long.

[Jim Almquist]

Jay that last shot was great timing in order to get the full stretch.

[Birdsong]

You have two of the most unusual owl pictures I have ever seen. I love bird behavior shots. Last post looks like a mermaid! What on earth. This guy could take up ballet. Good job.

[JayinMN]

Thanks for the compliments guys.

Birdsong,

Last night was a pretty neat. Most of the time when you see one they are perched listening for the mice beneath the snow and the only moving they is flying from one perch to another every few minutes. This is the second time I have actually seen one pursue its prey. When they hear a rodent under the snow, they launch off of their perch and glide to the spot, then they either glide in a circle or hoover over the spot they heard the mouse. They pin point the location and plunge into the snow and grab it with their feet. The mouse can be up to 2 feet below the surface of the snow. Here is a picture of the it just before it plunged into the snow marking the location. It took three attempts before it was successful.

[Jim Almquist]

That is another cool shot Jay. You sure do love to put salt in the wounds