The crow wished everything was black, the owl, that everything was white.
~William Blake
Those of you that know me probably know I had to look up the name of Harry Potter’s pet Snowy Owl, just to be sure I used it correctly in the title. Oh well, at least I am trying to fit in…
The following images are highly cropped ones from my 500mm lens and 1.4x teleconverter on my Canon 7D. So, just to be clear, I was not as close as these photos make it appear. As I said in yesterday’s post, I was lucky enough to spend well over an hour alone with a Snowy Owl at Cape Hatteras this week. A true privilege. Which face do you like best?
Sleepy eyes (click photos to enlarge)
Doing owl yoga
Look to the right
Now look to the left
What the heck is that?
Those eyes…
What eyes?
Cleaning my feet
You would look this way too if you had to clean your feet with your mouth
Roads End Naturalist 
HI Mike! greetings from Nita Whitfield with CPA photo club. I am just LOVING your posts. We were all introduced to this great owl at cnpa meeting this week, as Mark Buckler photographed the owl two weeks ago. LOVE LOVE LOVE your photos and wonderful commentary. Seems you are having a total blast with all your newfound freedom in retirement. Looking forward to your Feb. 20 presentation at CPA !!!!!!!
Thanks, Nita. Yes, I heard Mark’s presentation was great. Contact me a little closer to the program date with details.
Love the pictures of the owl. Would love to see it also. Awesome
You just might be able to…this is quite a year for them. Just saw a report of another in the mountains in Transylvania County!