spectacled owl

We're back and recovering from a 48 hour trip home! Not as many good photos as I had hoped - my 300 lens was in for repair and I borrowed a 100-400, which doesn't handle low light as well. I'll get back to browsing tomorrow.

Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata subsp. chapmani) Off the back porch of Urraca Lodge in Jorupe Reserve, Loja Prvince, Ecuador. Tumbesian dry decidus tropical forest with giant Ceibo trees at ca. 480 m (1.575 ft) elevation.

Very rare to see these owls in daylight... Thanks for looking... Regards,Ron

Another one from the Amazon: These big and beautiful owls were quite easy to approach, but the light in the canopy is terrible.... 1/640s f 6.3 +1 2/3 stop iso 800 handheld,no flash Thanks for looking;) Regards, Ron van Rossum

Birds of Suriname: one of the youngs a few days later. This time in a position where it shows the effectiveness of its white-and-dark plumageas cammouflage.

Birds of Suriname: the second young of the Spectacled Owl family on the university campus.

Birds of Suriname: one of the two young Spectacled Owls on the university campus.

Birds of Suriname: adult Spectacled Owl

Birds of Suriname: adult Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) trying to distract me from its young.

We were very lucky to see this roosting owl at Summit Ponds trail, near Gamboa, Panama, 3/05. d70, 80-400 VR, (like all these deep woods images, shot hand held, no flash, high ISO, around 1000 or 1600 I recall, but it doesn't include this in the Exif data - later on the trip I did try...