carylwithay Posted March 8, 2010 Share #1 Posted March 8, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Taken at the zoo at night. We were there for a special benefit dinner and they brought some residents for us to see. Caryl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Hi carylwithay, Take a look here Owl. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
stuny Posted March 8, 2010 Share #2 Posted March 8, 2010 Caryl - Beuatiful subject, light, color and detail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted March 9, 2010 Share #3 Posted March 9, 2010 Caryl, Beautiful bird. Love those owl eyes. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carylwithay Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share #4 Posted March 9, 2010 Thank you both so much. Here is another view of him Caryl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted March 9, 2010 Share #5 Posted March 9, 2010 I'm always in awe of these creatures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert Posted March 10, 2010 Share #6 Posted March 10, 2010 I love it. I used to teach in a nature center.......the orbs around the eyes are for hearing, not seeing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carylwithay Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share #7 Posted March 10, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Virgil and Albert, thank you for commenting. Albert, that is fascinating. I never knew they hear that way. what about their ears? Caryl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert Posted March 10, 2010 Share #8 Posted March 10, 2010 The tufts that look like ears on the tops of owls heads are purely decoration ...they are not ears How do owls hear? The ear openings are also directed forward and are shielded beneath downy feathers within the owl's familiar facial disk. (The ear tufts of some owls have nothing to do with hearing.) The facial disk itself serves to focus sound waves into the ears. Strangely, the ear opening on the right is higher than the one on the left. Each ear therefore receives a sound from a slightly different angle. This provides owls 3-D hearing in addition to 3-D seeing, thus doing us humans one better. Experiments have shown this sense to be so effective that Barn Owls can locate prey in total darkness by hearing alone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carylwithay Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share #9 Posted March 10, 2010 Amazing info. thank you so much. We have an owl that hoots out our window every night. i caught a glimpse of him one day but had no time to shoot. Caryl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maurometallo Posted March 10, 2010 Share #10 Posted March 10, 2010 Two beautiful images, Caryl. Nicely done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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