These close-up studies of a Barn Owl Tyto alba in Dorset show different aspects of its head, starting with the characteristic heart-shaped face. Despite their size, Barn Owls weigh only a few ounces and are completely silent in flight.
These close-up studies of a Barn Owl Tyto alba in Dorset show different aspects of its head, starting with the characteristic heart-shaped face. Despite their size, Barn Owls weigh only a few ounces and are completely silent in flight.
ROLLING HARBOUR GALLERY 
Great close up of an owl……..
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Thanks Mona, it was a truly beautiful bird.
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Gorgeous photographs! A magnificent bird! How lucky you were to be so close to a Barn owl.
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Well, Amelia, I didn’t have to stalk it. It was at a local ‘Oak Fair’ in Dorset, so getting close was not so hard! I could happily have spent an hour with it.
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And here’s me imagining you inching your way along a narrowing tree branch just to get that little bit closer!
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Sadly my narrowing-tree-branch-inching days are past. If they ever existed. So this was the easy way, I’m afraid….!
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Absolutely gorgeous! Bravo~
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Thanks Cindy – but it was in fact a tame bird. No less gorgeous for that!
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