Eastern Screech-Owl - Petit-duc maculé

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Eastern Screech-Owl - Petit-duc maculé
Eastern Screech-Owl - Petit-duc maculé

This is a familiar Owl to birders and photographers around Ottawa. It regularly occupies three spots in the woods around Mud Lake, and is always a delight to see.

I often check in to see the bird, but rarely attempt to photograph it. In another example of the luck of birding, and the ‘time in the field’ maxim, I happened to check in while it was scratching its throat and then cleaning its talons.

This is in-between the two activities, as it gave its foot a big stretch, exposing parts of the Owl’s anatomy that we don’t often see. The light was poor but partial setting sun caught the Owl’s foot and lit it up.

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Taken on: October 24, 2021
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Camera: Canon EOS 80D, f/5.6, 1/500 sec, 400mm, ISO 2500 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon EOS 80D
Lens: EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length: 400mm
ISO: 2500
Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Center-weighted average
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Lightroom 4.4 (Macintosh)
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