Owl – Roumazeilles.net

Short-eared owl

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:47:00 +0000

Short-eared owl, Hibou des marais (Asio flammeus)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Blakiston’s fish owl

Yves Roumazeilles — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:31:00 +0000

Let’s immediately start with the public admission that this beautiful night hunter was shot from a commercial and perfectly setup lookout (perfect from the photographic point of view, more rustic from the comfort point of view; But what do you expect when you come and visit to spend two full nights patiently waiting for this local fishing bird.

Blakiston’s fish owl, Grand Duc de Blakiston (Bubo blakistoni)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Ural owl (Ezo owl)

Yves Roumazeilles — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 17:19:00 +0000

Ezo, the ancient name of the Hokkaido Island, has been kept locally to describe the Ural owl that is somewhat common in the North of the eurasian continent.

Ural owl (Ezo owl), Chouette de l’Oural ou chouette d’Ezo (Strix uralensis)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Snowy owl – Wrangel Island

Yves Roumazeilles — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 20:14:12 +0000

A shy bird. Long distances. Somewhat insufficient light. A couple of nice shots.

Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), Harfang des neiges.
Wrangel Island, Russia.
August 2018.

Western Barn Owl

Yves Roumazeilles — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:31:32 +0000

Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba, Chouette effraie des clochers)
Santa Lucia / iSimangaliso park, South Africa, August 2015.