environmentaleducation:
IMG_8190
environmentaleducation:
IMG_8192
environmentaleducation:
(vignette: the long-gone owner of this house is said to have loved owls, and placed this ornamental one decades ago) ... IMG_8198
environmentaleducation:
IMG_8199
environmentaleducation:
MVI_8201
environmentaleducation:
IMG_8203
environmentaleducation:
IMG_8204
environmentaleducation:
This was just a few minutes before her behavior changed to an alert, defensive one ... MVI_8202
environmentaleducation:
... and hunched over, with slit-like eyes, slid into a more camouflaged location "in" the foliage of the adjacent Western Redcedar ... IMG_8207
environmentaleducation:
IMG_8208
environmentaleducation:
MVI_8209
environmentaleducation:
When this dopey human finally looked up and high enough (ID-ed as a Bald Eagle by MM)... MVI_8209 - 2
environmentaleducation:
(taken at high magnification) ... IMG_8215
environmentaleducation:
IMG_8217 ...
environmentaleducation:
"Pre-departure" at approximately 4:45PM ... IMG_8223
environmentaleducation:
IMG_8226
environmentaleducation:
IMG_8227
environmentaleducation:
(4:49PM) ... MVI_8228
environmentaleducation:
(5:12PM) ... MVI_8229
environmentaleducation:
(5:13PM) ... IMG_8231
environmentaleducation:
And "lift-off" seconds later, followed by an endeavor to balance for a bit on a nearby Silver Birch (a fairly common "staging" move each evening), with more head-bobbing ... MVI_8233