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Birds in Nature - images of wild birds by Richard Ditch |
Subject: Burrowing Owl (Athene
cunicularia)
Place: Gilbert, AZ, USA
Date: May 2004
Equipment: Nikon N90S, Nikkor AF-S 300/2.8 & TC20E (= 600/5.6),
tripod
Film: Fujichrome Sensia 100
Exposure: Aperture priority matrix metered
Scan: Minolta Dimage, 70% of frame
Commentary: Burrowing Owls displaced by the rapid urban
expansion of the Phoenix metro area are being relocated to this park
area in Gilbert, where artifical burrows are created and the owls are
getting used to people (and less used to their dogs). This bird shows
a leg band - not all birds at this location have them.
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