I have been holding on to this one for a few weeks now and wondering if I should post it. I was set up for portrait photography at the time and the bird suddenly jumped towards the cliff. The motion blur does give a sense of how fast these little guys can move though.

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Landed very close to us in order to snatch up a grasshopper.

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Another great performance by the northern pygmy owl. I was concentrating more on static shots today and still managed to have a great time! Background is fall maple leaves and arbutus trees. Flickr folks please left click for more detail.

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Here is a wings down version of the same owl after he launched. Wings down is my favorite.

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Had a lot of fun at the venue yesterday. Plenty of happy photographers.

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