Barn owls

A few years ago I was told of the barn owls were nesting at Pulborough Brooks in a special box in the roof of the building. This was  my first encounter and photo's of this photogenic bird.

I was keen to see more and found this one near Selsey but alas it was my only siting. After several visits I never saw it again.

But not giving up that easily I scoured the countryside and was amazed how successful I was in the number of nest sites I found. Some were less than a mile from my home.

I became addicted to photographing barn owls and was out every afternoon and evening visiting local sites with my camera. They are a creature of habit and have favourite haunts so in fact you can just sit and wait for them to turn up.

Soon you become something that the owl gets used to and accepts you as the norm and will ignore you. I have had one that used to fly to me and sit on a post and watch me.

Low light photography seems to enhance the pictures.

 Because of their slow wing beat and movement through the air they become easy to get good action shots.

Will often sit and pose.

This was taken early evening just as the sun was setting.

Conditions and timing was the same for this shot.