I think they're creatures of habit. If you knew where they were perched
you could use a prepositioned camera/flash and a remote to trigger it
when you heard them. Of course, finding them in the first place is a
problem. Maybe night vision binocs? But it's a pretty expensive
solution to something that may not work at all. Anybody rent these locally?
I used to live in So. Florida and used to roam the cypress swamp near
the visitor center at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Every
spring a pair of great horned owls would make their appearance and nest
within about 50 yards of wherever they had been the previous year. I
could often see them during the day in or near a favorite roosting spot.
Never got a picture though. It would likely have required the Celestron
8 for a decent shot and I was never inclined to haul 50 pounds of lens
and tripod into the swamp, even down a boardwalk.
Chuck Norcutt
Walt Wayman wrote:
> It's cold here, and I damn near froze my ass/arse off out on the deck
> listening to a couple of owls hooting and talking back and forth in
> the woods. Wonderful, melodious sounds. When daylight arrives, I know
> they'll be gone, at least until tomorrow night.
>
> How the heck do you photograph an owl when you can't even see where
> they are?
>
> Walt
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