Here I Am

LOL, Vickie. if I earn a million I will share it with you. I always love your comments. Thank you.

Thank you, Lorilee.

Thank you, Donna. This is special.

They are, Michelle, and today was a special experience for me. Thank you.

Thank you, dear Anthea. I so love all your comments on my work. The eyes are amazing. I concentrated on them in all 600 plus images I captured this morning. Love your comment….

Dear Anthea, I do love your comments. My shoots usually involve many hundreds of images…not because I am so good, but to get at least one or two good images. I so enjoy your comments and your encouragement. Thank you so very much, Anthea,

Sandy, I had so much fun. I loved the connections I made with other photographers and birders. I am learning about this bird, with your comments and with other info. Shortly after I arrived on the scene, crows chased her, but she seemed to know that the humans lining the road would protect her. The crows disappeared.

LOL, I had space on my card(s)...I am guessing the others with their big lenses shot similar numbers. Thank you, Beve. I always love your comments.

Thank you, Kirk.

Thank you, NatureLens.

Words that mean a lot, Jesika. Thank you.

I love your comments, Holly, because they are so detailed. They help me to stand back and look at my work more objectively. It is important to receive feedback like this in order to continue learning and growing. Thank you.

Aren’t her eyes just captivating, Jacqi? Thank you for commenting.

Thank you, Babcia.

I really appreciate your comment. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Lizzy. I hope so too, but she is very far away from her normal range, the great boreal forest. It is a mystery how she came to Vancouver Island. I don’t know if the mate for life. I tried to find out, before I replied, but found no information about that.

Thank you, Antonio. And congrats on your own successes lately.

Thank you, Julie.

Thank you for your comment, Antanas. It means a lot to me.

I appreciate the compliment, Holly, but I am always oogling the mastery I see in your craft with every image. Thank you. I hope you, your family, and friends are safe from the fires in Victoria.

It is early morning, a clear day, the sky is orange on the eastern horizon, and the moon is staring at me, but the light of my day is this comment, Lina. Thank you for being who you are.

I had an amazing experience, Pete.

No one seems to know the answer to that question, Elaine. I have a business trip to Victoria later in the week. On my way home on Saturday, I will stop off to see if she is still there. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you so much for your great comment.

Thank you. So your image is not from Nanaimo, BC? I just assumed it was.

Thank you so much, Gail for this comment. I am wondering what you my by “burst out and go wild with your beauties”. Tell me what you mean.

Whoops, I missed this comment, Gail. Thank you for this great compliment.

I agree with you that they are stunning birds, Nancy. Thank you for your great comment.

I have such a connection to this beautiful little bird. I am really happy you featured this image. Thank you.

Oh, I am so happy you like this shot, Angel. I love it too, :)))..and the bird even more!

I love those who are seriously impressed with me, LOL, but more impressed by those who love the bird. Thank you for your passionate comment, Angel.

Thank you, Tamara.

Glad to hear that, elatan. Thank you for commenting.

Thank you for the congrats and for commenting on this image.

I am very happy you like this one, Samantha.

I feel very privileged to have this image as a momento of this gorgeous bird.

She had tons of attitude. I just loved her. Thank you for commenting.

Thank you very much.

Thank you kindly for this wonderful comment.

Jayne, this photo has a lot of significance to me because this bird was not supposed to be here. Wildlife photogs like me, gathered near Nanaimo to capture a very rare event….Like never has this bird been on Vancouver Island. She was spectacular, just like a movie star, posing for pictures. In this one she looked straight into my camera. I felt so blessed. Thank you my dear, Jayne. I love our relationship!

This is one of my personal favorites from my portfolio, Ritva. Thank you for your kind comments and for the fave. I am very happy you like it.

Because this bird is so special, this is one of my all time favourite photographs. I thank you very much for commenting so positively on it, steppeland.

Thank you, Sherry.

Thank you, Sanne. Special thanks for the screen shot.

Thank you very much, Don.

It’s quite an honor, Don. Thank you.

Thank you very much, KazM, for the compliments and congrats.

I so agree. Thank you, Jane. I really appreciate your comment.

Thank you, Julian, for the very complimentary comment.

Thank you so much for this wonderful comment, Robin.

Thank you, Joanne. I am quite excited to see this image on the Homepage. It means a lot.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. I was very moved to this small owl so far from others of its kind, so lost. I was glad to get a few really good images of her.

Thank you very much.

So glad to receive your comment. Thank you, Maria.

Thank you very much. I appreciate your comment.

I really appreciate your kind complement and congratulations, Bill. Thank you.

Thank you so much, Beve. My mouth fell open, and yell of joy left my lips this morning when I saw this.

I took hundreds of shots of this bird, Arie, but this is by far my best effort. A lot of that is luck, which is such a big part of wildlife photography. I am pleased that you like the composition. Thank you.

Thank you very much, LavenderMoon.

Thank you, Tennee, for this wonderful comment.

There are several species of owls on the Island, Steve. This owl is common in the great boreal forest that covers a huge amount of the northern part of the northern hemisphere, both here and in Europe and Russia. This bird somehow got off course, and somehow ended up in temperate rain forest of Vancouver Island. According to birders, it is the first recorded sighting of one here. Thank you for this great feedback, Steve. I am truly appreciative.

Here is a link to the Cornell University ornithology site that provides quite a bit of info on the Northern Hawk Owl. I hope you will find it useful. Thank you very much for your feedback and congratulations.

Thank you, Edyta.

Thank you, autumngirl, for this great complimentary comment. I agree that she is very beautiful, and like you, I hope she is safe.