I think I got my wires crossed yesterday. I photographed boats at night, and owls during the middle of the day! Regardless after four days of fog, often dense, it was fantastic to have a perfectly clear sunny day.
An hour after sundown, I went over to the Duluth Port Terminal and photographed these two salties which were unloading windmill parts. Duluth is a transhipment point for windmill parts bound for all over the North Central states and Manitoba.
I was also very surprised to find my friend, Hoot, out hunting in the middle of the afternoon. Perhaps after four straight days and nights with for (often extremely dense), the owls success at hunting had been limited over the past few days. I guess Hoot was hungry!
“The Look” you have when hunting squirrels in a pine grove and the darn flicker just won’t shut up. (if not for the Northern Flicker squawking in alarm … I never would have found the owl … thus, not a mob, but just one bird led me to the owl)
Some more images of my Great Horned Owl friend from yesterday afternoon.
In closing, last night the young owls began begging for food from their parents only 30 minutes after sunset. Normally they don’t start demanding to be fed till 60 minutes after sundown. I really wonder if the fog made for difficult hunting. Regardless, the owlets need to hone their own hunting skills. The nights of getting much food from the parent owls are extremely limited.