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Great Horned Owls
Oct. 13, 2026
There is no way to tell what the relationship is between these three. We can’t even find a picture like this anywhere on the internet.
It looks to me like the owl on the right with his ears down is the baby and the other two are the parents.
It’s unusual to see a pair of GHO but to see a trio wow it’s unheard of. Here they are out in the open up on top of a light pole.
It was cloudy with sunset less than an hour away. We think the darkened sky encouraged them to come out earlier than they normally would.
Pretty amazing stuff. Hope you enjoyed.
Stay safe. XO
Crested Cara Cara
Oct. 10, 2026
We saw this Cara Cara pair along Canoe Creek Rd gathering sticks for nest building.
Tom says they build their nests in cabbage palms where the foliage is so dense you can’t see a thing and that’s why we won’t see Cara Cara babies.
They sure were busy gathering sticks.
Hope you enjoyed.
XO
Eagles in the Field
Oct. 10, 2026
These eagles are from a nest on Canoe Creek Rd. We found them in a field on our way home late in the afternoon.
Hope you enjoyed.
XO
Tom’s Eagles
Oct. 10, 2026
Our good friend Tom (and wife Beth) has a house with trees and the lake behind it. These eagles keep vigil over Lake Marian in one of those trees. The locals refer to these eagles as Tom’s Eagles.
I love the feathers on this one, they look like they are part of a glamorous designer cape.
I actually took these shots from Tom’s back deck. 😊
Hope you enjoyed.
XO
Barred Owls
Oct. 10, 2026
Giddy with happiness after seeing those eagles we drove another half mile and saw this owl on a telephone pole. These are a combination of both our shots.
This is an example of the bird being close. Yes he was at the top of a pole but the pole was next to the road! He wasn’t afraid of us, just wondering why we were so nosy.
Hope you enjoyed the show.
Stay safe! XO
Male Bald Eagle
October 10, 2026
We also saw a male bald eagle on Joe Overstreet. Similar place, same street as my shots.
Y’all know we have long lenses which make getting the long distance shots possible. It also gives us greater clarity with birds that are closer in.
Hope you enjoyed the show.
Stay safe! XO
Female Bald Eagle
Oct 10, 2026
We’ve had several hot and rainy days which means staying inside. Yesterday we caught a break with cloudy skies but no rain. Yesterday afternoon we got these great shots on Joe Overstreet.
I love this sequence and hope you enjoyed it too. I shot the whole thing from inside the truck. Usually I get out for a better perspective but everything is so wet from all the rain we’ve had. The ditches are full, fields and people’s yards are under water.
Stay safe! XO
Northern Harrier
Kenansville FL
Oct. 5, 2026
Riding around today Vic saw this Northern Harrier! Very uncommon around here.
It isn’t the best shot. It was so far out we could not identify it until Vic started editing. We’re just happy to get what we did.
Photographers around here call it the gray ghost because it’s so hard to find.
These are portrait shots we got yesterday afternoon.
We were talking about how you tell the difference between the male and female owls. If you see a pair of owls then you can tell which is which because the female will be larger. If you see just one owl there is no way to tell which is male.
Sitting on a floating dock with lake water behind it.
Hope you enjoyed the show.
Stay safe. XO
Cara Cara
Oct. 3, 2026
We got lucky yesterday. Hardly got out of the campground and up onto Canoe Creek when we saw two Cara Cara sitting on fence posts. Across the road was an eagle sitting on an Osprey nest.
Then we noticed the Cara Cara tearing into a carcass. It took a minute but we figured out it was a Kestral. Kestrels have distinctive tail feathers.
It was a curious scenario. We decided the Eagle had the kestrel, ate all he wanted and dropped the remains where the Cara Cara found it and finished it off.
And now a couple more photos of the barred owl we saw a few days ago.
The last one makes me laugh. what a comical pose.
Hope you enjoyed the show.
Stay safe! XO
The Eagle and the Owl
Oct. 2, 2026
Kenansville FL
Vic and I went out very late in the afternoon yesterday. It had been raining off and on all day and still mostly cloudy. I didn’t think we would see anything interesting. Boy was I wrong.
This area has so many eagles it’s crazy.
We drive down to the boat launch area on Joe Overstreet and saw this owl sitting on the top of a pine tree.
I’m a huge fan of owls, they have such pretty feathers and cute ears.
I won’t ever let a cloudy day stop me from birding again. 😊
Hope you enjoyed the show.
Stay safe! XO
