Natural owl
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It was feeding time at Warrawong Sanctuary, in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. I captured this owl swallowing his meal, a (dead) mouse. He looks like he is really enjoying it!
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TITLE OF ARTWORK: / SPOOKY OWL ARTWORK CREATED ON: Paper APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8.5”x11” inches. MATERIALS USED: Acrylics, Watercolors , White-Out Pen , Markers. Signed by the artist and completed in January 2007. ABOUT THIS: Up in the trees in a dark winters day. The sun is setting and the cold wind is blowing. It starts to snow and you hear the empty echo of where you are. The snow is creating a heavy fog. You can not see. You stumble around trying to move through the fog and snow but you fall victim to the harsh conditions. You suddenly fall paralyzed on the cold hard ground. In your last moments you hear wings flap and the loud screech of an owl.
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My first close-up bird.I’m very proud of it.I think this would make a great card with those striking eyes.Untouched…as is / I realy have a passion for nature,I wish I could have shots like this one more often…
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This beautiful owl lives in a wildlife park near Murray Bridge, South Australia. I shot this image through the bars of the cage, very tricky! This image featured in the group Australian Wildlife in June 2009. Many thanks!
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10×14 Watercolor enhanced colored pencil. The original is NFS. The Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) is a large owl of the typical owl family Strigidae. It is also known in North America as the Arctic Owl or the Great White Owl. Until recently, it was regarded as the sole member of a distinct genus, as Nyctea scandiaca, but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data (Olsen et al. 2002) shows that it is very closely related to the horned owls in the genus Bubo. Description / Typical female, Korkeasaari (Finland)This yellow-eyed white bird is easily recognizeable. It is 53-65 cm (20-26 inches) long with a 125-150 cm (50-60 in) wingspan. The adult male is virtually pure white, but females and young birds have some dark scalloping; the young are heavily barred, and dark spotting may even predominate. Its thick plumage, heavily-feathered feet, and coloration render the Snowy Owl well-adapted for life north of the Arctic Circle. Snowy Owl calls are varied, but the alarm call is a barking, almost quacking krek-krek-krek-krek; the female also has a softer mewling pyee-pyee-pyee-pyee or prek-prek-prek. The song is a deep repeated gawh. They may also clap their beak in response to threats or annoyances. While called clapping, it is believed this sound may actually be a clicking of the tongue, not the bill. / Behaviour / The Snowy Owl is typically found in the northern circumpolar region, where it makes its summer home north of latitude 60 degrees north. However, it is a particularly nomadic bird, and because population fluctuations in its prey species can force it to relocate, it has been known to breed at more southerly latitudes. During the last ice age, there was an Central European paleosubspecies of this bird, Bubo scandiacus gallicus, but subspecies are not recognized among the living population. This species of owl nests on the ground, building a scrape on top of a mound or boulder. A site with good visibility, ready access to hunting areas, and a lack of snow is chosen. Gravel bars and abandoned eagle nests may be used. Breeding occurs in May, and depending on the amount of prey available, clutch sizes range from 5 to 14 eggs, which are laid singly, approximately every other day over the course of several days. Hatching takes place approximately five weeks after laying, and the pure white young are cared for by both parents. Range / Snowy Owls winter south through Canada and northernmost Eurasia, with irruptions occurring further south in some years. They have been reported as far south as Texas, Georgia, the American Gulf states, southern Russia, northern China and even the Caribbean. Between 1967 and 1975, Snowy Owls bred on the remote island of Fetlar in the Shetland Isles north of Scotland, UK. Females summered as recently as 1993, but their status in the British Isles is now that of a rare winter visitor to Shetland, the Outer Hebrides and the Cairngorms. / Diet / This powerful bird relies primarily on lemmings and other rodents for food, but at times when these prey are not available, or during the ptarmigan nesting period, they may switch to ptarmigan young. As opportunistic hunters, they feed on a wide variety of small mammals and birds, and will take advantage of larger prey, frequently following traplines to find food. Nesting birds require roughly two lemmings per day, and a family may eat up to 1500 lemmings before the young birds set off to fend for themselves. / Human interactions / Due to their beauty, Snowy Owls are kept in captivity by wildlife centers, zoological gardens and by serious hobbyists. They are known to be sensitive to disease, stress and heat, frequently perishing during attempts to train a wild owl during the summer. These owls are not suitable for beginning raptor keepers. (information from Wikipedia) Completed 2007
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An exhibition piece from a collection that revolved around the themes of myth, magic, nature and storytelling. This is Raina the owl-keeper and her owl familiar. 14×9cm
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Another shot of this baby Eagle Owl. Absolutely beautiful bird. Again, I have used the fractalius filter on this image. Hope you enjoy it! :) / Aug 2009 / /
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A beaut example of a Barking Owl and the large, nocturnal eyes which help him in his night time hunting. This image featured in the group Australian Wildlife in September 2009. Thanks so much!
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Oil Pastel and Acrylic on old wood with slight digital enhancements Ophelia, puzzled by the radical transformation that had taken place overnight to this butterfly friend of hers, thought to herself, “She was in a white thread-like casing yesterday, how did all that happen so fast? There must be something magical about that case!” This is inspired by a book Hope For The Flowers by Trina Paulus. This is a cute and yet thought provoking story about two caterpillars who because they mistake the meaning of their urge to get high, get entangled climbing a horrible “caterpillar pillar”. And for two caterpillars, we all know, surrendering to the cocoon is the only way to finally fly. Hope For the Flowers is a book that celebrates HOPE. My fave lines from the book is “How does one become a butterfly?” She asked pensively. “You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.” We are all meant to be as beautiful and free like the butterflies, that’s our destiny…as we free ourselves to be who we really are…and together with our innate talents,we bring hope to the world around us, bringing change inevitably around us :D / You can view and buy my other “Metamorphosis” creations from my Zazzle Gallery:
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Barn Owl in flight. Taken with Canon EOS-1D Mark II N, / 70-200mm f2.8 L lens, / 1/1600 sec, / f4, / ISO 400
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Oil Pastel And Acrylic On Wood (With Minor Digital Enhancements) Ophelia wishes all of us a great new year in 2009 filled with hopes and promises, it’s time to usher in the new things in our life! This is an all-occasion card, for birthday greetings, party invitations, congratulations and of course new year greetings :D You can view and buy my other “The Old Has Gone, The New Has Come” creations from my Zazzle Gallery:
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Acrylic and Oil Pastel On Wood. Here’s Ophelia transformed into a fairy princess in a land of enchantment :D Here’s wishing you all a An Enchanting New Year filled with special moments! :D You can view and buy my other “Owl Fairy Princess” creations from my Zazzle Gallery:
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An acrylic painting on wooden color palette. The song “Paint My Love” by Michael Learns To Rock happens to be Ophelia The Owl’s favourite love song! :D You can view and buy my other “Paint My Love” creations from my Zazzle Gallery:
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Acrylic On Canvas (Image has been digitally manipulated) What if you woke up one day and to your amazement found a tree growing on your head with all your favorite things? It did happen to one girl whose name was Christabel…some said she became a tree eventually….and if you ever see a tree growing with teacups and music notes, that’s her :D / You can view and buy my other “She Grows A Tree” creations from my Zazzle Gallery:
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Finally, two more chicks pop up out of the Owls borough to make a total of 3 additions to the family. It’s Astonishing to see this Owl stay over and protect her young so consistently, and so patiently. Taken on Hutchinson Island, Florida.
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Totem #1 is the first of a series of pieces that represent an animal attached to a human figure, like if they are part of the same body. They can also be animal totems, if you prefer. The Totems carry also a very simple concept: our deep attachment to Nature as one single thing. In those pieces, I intend to make the human head always black and white and naturalist, while the animal is colorful and filled with abstract shapes. watercolor and pencil on cold press watercolor paper / 12×8.5
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“The Snowy Owl” was shot at Newfoundland’s Salmonier Nature Park Camera Model Canon EOS 50D / Shooting Mode Manual Exposure / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/180 / Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6 / ISO Speed 100 / Lens Sigma 135-400mm / Focal Length 363.0mm For more information please visit Brian’s Homepage or on Flickr
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Here’s how it looks matted and framed at it’s largest size: Digital collage art inspired by that noisy owl that hoo hoots outside my window at night. ;) This art work has been FEATURED by the Animal Composites & Fine Art group! Here’s my newest owl art work entitled, “Out On A Limb #2” Here’s another of my owl art works entitled, “Noisy Owl”
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...have been workin’ far too hard on my new website- valzart.webs.com .(would appreciate a visit/rating)...so now it’s play teehee! ... “Once upon a time a long time ago / on the Farm in the Barn lived a family / when not hunting would sit in a tree / happily hooting and tooting-’twitawoo’ / Papa Owl was called Fred and Mama Flo’ / babies had no names ‘coz they come+go” / and so the story goes….” ...soothing owl vid ... Networkforanimals ...!finished after midnight.. / ..
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Barn Owl with mouse, taken at Warrawong Sanctuary, Adelaide Hills, South Australia with Canon 300D@300mm. This image featured in the group Australian Wildlife in September 2009. Many thanks! And featured again in Top Shelf Wildlife and Nature in September 2009. Thank you moderators! Yet another feature, this time in Only Owls in September 2009. Many thanks! And one more feature in The Adelaide Hills in October 2009. Thank you moderators!
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