Owling

And this time we found some owls.

Three Long-eared Owls. Hidden in a tree.

Hard to see. And even harder to photograph.

There are three owls in this image. I only see one, right in the middle. Without a head.

When we got there we joined a couple or other birders who told us there were two up there. Patty spotted the third, after we had been there for about fifteen-twenty minutes. And the third owl is shown in the first image. Obvious once spotted. But you had to be standing in exactly the right  spot.

The prior weekend there were five seen, and of course, they were out in the sun. The other two may still be there. But it was cold and I saw three. So we headed home as house work beckoned.