Short-Eared Owl II

I was very gratified by my success in photographing the Short-eared owl yesterday BUT after getting some of my morning behind me I had a little time before meeting friends for lunch. I decided to drive back out to the same area where I photographed the Short-eared owl yesterday to see if it might still be around. The weather was clearing and I found as I left the island that the day was bright and at times the sun was even shining. When I reached the area where I had seen the owl the prior afternoon I slowed and started watching the fence posts along the road. I was almost startled when I noticed a shape on top of almost the same fence post as my sighting the prior day! Sure enough, it was my friend... and in considerably better lighting conditions than the previous day.

The owl seemed to want to ignore me and I was afraid for awhile that it wasn't going to turn to look at me, but it finally gave me a couple of glances before heading down the ditch and then out across the fields in search of prey.
So here are today's photos which are considerably better than those I took and posted to my blog (joehalt.blogspot.com) yesterday.