Portrait of a Barred Owl holding his frog catch. 6 more words
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Barred Owl Portraits
The best time to photograph these Barred Owls is first thing in the morning. They hang around the pond looking for food and bathing. The tree canopy is filling in and the morning we were there it was mostly cloudy, so the resulting images aren’t as clear as I’d like. 36 more words

Barred Owl Pair Getting Lunch
The first Barred Owl from my previous post appeared to be just hanging out on a limb above a small pond, maybe nodding off.
All the while he was watching the water below. 89 more words

Barred Owl Pair
One of these Barred Owls had been hunting unsuccessfully in the pond below then took a break with its mate. They rested awhile together, each did some personal grooming and then one moved to a separate branch. 77 more words

More Cedar Scrimshaws
I’ve had two more cedar scrimshaw commissions of late.
This one was ordered for someone’s dear friend whom lives in the North Carolina mountains. It’s another hummingbird with a hybrid rhododendron. 64 more words
DNCB Outing No. 2018-14 to UBC Botanical Garden & Pacific Spirit Park
Seventeen DNCBers had a glorious morning in UBC’s Botanical Garden, then a short walk in Peter Ward’s “Aussie” section of Pacific Spirit Regional Park, then visiting the Winter home in Vancouver of the rare (here) “deformed” … 780 more words

Weekly Photo Challenge: Smile
I was driving home from work one evening and glanced to the side and saw this beautiful creature sitting in the tree. Naturally, I had to pull over and I was so excited that he was just seemingly sitting there patiently waiting on me to take his picture. 21 more words