Elusive Saw-Whet Owl is a photograph by Morris Finkelstein which was uploaded on February 22nd, 2017.
Elusive Saw-Whet Owl
The Northern Saw-Whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) is one of the smallest owls found in North America, about the size of an American Robin. It measures... more
Title
Elusive Saw-Whet Owl
Artist
Morris Finkelstein
Medium
Photograph
Description
The Northern Saw-Whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) is one of the smallest owls found in North America, about the size of an American Robin. It measures about 8 inches in length and about 2.8 ounces in weight. While they are fairly common, they are hard to spot in their habitat because of their small size and how well their plumage blends with forest foliage. Their preferred habitat is coniferous forest and occasionally deciduous woods in North America. While they are described as appearing to be pretty, cute, and fluffy, they are raptors, killing and feeding on mostly small mammals. They feed by flying from their perches down on prey at night. Typical prey includes mice and voles, and occasionally birds.
This Northern Saw-Whet Owl, perched and well-hidden within an evergreen, was photographed in Southwestern Connecticut, on the overcast and rainy winter morning of 2-22-2017. I used Nikon D810 camera body and a Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR2 telephoto zoom lens to capture this image. Settings: 1/60 sec, flash, f/3.5, ISO 400.
I am honored that my photograph was featured in the Fine Art America groups:
Nikon Full Frame Cameras, 2-23-2017
FAA Portraits - Birds, 2-24-2017
Wild Birds Of The World, 2-25-2017
All About Nature And The Animals, 3-2-2017
10 Plus, 3-20-2017
Fuzzy Warm And Soft, 3-22-2017
Animal Photographs, 3-26-2017
All Natural Beauty Of This World, 4-24-2017
FAA Portrait Gallery, 7-11-2017
Pure Nature Photography, 11-1-2018
Images That Excite You, 11-4-2018
Wildlife One-A-Day, 11-8-2018
The 200 Club, 10-22-2019
Five Star Artist, 12-18-2019
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February 22nd, 2017
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Comments (51)
Morris Finkelstein
Thank you Johanna for featuring "Elusive Saw-Whet Owl" in your Five Star Artist group. Very much appreciated!
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Cutest face!!!
Morris Finkelstein replied:
Thank you Barbie for featuring "Elusive Saw-Whet Owl" in your The 200 Club group. Very much appreciated!
Morris Finkelstein
Thank you Mariola for featuring "Elusive Saw-Whet Owl" in your "WIldlife One-A-Day" group. Very much appreciated!
Morris Finkelstein
Thank you John for featuring "Elusive Saw-Whet Owl" in your "Images That Excite You" group. Very much appreciated!
Dawn Currie
Morris, Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world!
Morris Finkelstein replied:
Thank you Dawn for featuring "Elusive Saw-Whet Owl" in your "Pure Nature Photography" group. Very much appreciated!
Morris Finkelstein
Thank you Scott for featuring "Elusive Saw-Whet Owl" in your "FAA Portrait Gallery" group. Very much appreciated!
Julie Weber
Such amazing eyes. The soft focus pine branches bring even more attention to those eyes. Beautiful work. /L
Morris Finkelstein
Thank you Doug for featuring "Elusive Saw-Whet Owl" in your "Animal Photographs" group. Very much appreciated!
HH Photography of Florida
Love those gorgeous golden eyes. Wonderful capture of this beautiful Saw-whet, Morris. l/fv
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