Archive for February 2010

Short-eared Owls at Saratoga Battlefield

We made a trip to Saratoga Battlefield early this afternoon to see if any Short-eared Owls are still around, but with little hope of actually spotting any. However, shortly after arriving Naomi spotted one flying over and then there were two cavorting together in the air. Occasionally they landed in a tree as well. We weren’t able to get very close, so the photos below are highly cropped and not as detailed as I would have liked; but we were very happy to have seen and photographed them.

The first shot is of the two of them flying together.

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Between owl shots I captured a few photos of some photogenic deer that were hanging around grazing in the field.

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