Great Horned Owl

Went to the nature center today, and was hearing this ruckus... sounded like a laughing caw, so I went to investigate. Discovered a really pissed off Cooper's Hawk flying around yelling his head off at an owl that seemed pretty keen on ignoring the hawk.

My first ever owl... :).

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Close Crop, a little too close I think.
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Oh, and since he led me to the owl, my Cooper's Hawk, despite it not being a great shot.

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Good capture. - TF

The forth one looks like the owl was smiling :)

That's a beautiful GHO. Congrats on your "first".

Excellent scores!!! Beautiful eye contact on all of them!

Nice! Their eyes are so awesome.

Awesome! I love the forth one and the foreground clutter doesn't bother me a bit. I actually adds to the story :D

Eyes are just amazing - great "first!"