Owl imprint left in snow.

[VenusRising]

This picture is so cool. The luck of stumbling upon this. The person that took this picture got a killer one of a kind shot.

[puerco-bellies]

1. Anybody see my little snowbunny?

Great picture.

[VenusRising]

3. At least you only see the after picture.

I left a comment in Peggy's photo thread about you and your lovely soon-to-be wife.

The two of you are just darling together!

:hi:

[puerco-bellies]

5. That is very sweet of you

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear VenusRising!

You got that right!

I was hoping you'd taken it...

A lot of great photography is just being in the right place at the right time...

With the right equipment!

:hug:

[VenusRising]

4. Oh, how I wish I were that lucky, Peggy!

It's not that snowy here, which is surprising.

It's still a great picture.

:hug:

[krispos42]

6. Talk about fast food...

Hippity-hop hippity-hop hippity-hop BAM!


That is a really good picture...

[VenusRising]

7. It's the Emeril of the animal kingdom.

BAM!

[fizzgig]

8. that is so cool

thanks for sharing

:hug:

[VenusRising]

10. You're welcome.

And thanks for sharing the virtual apple site. :hi:

:hug:

[Flaxbee]

9. wow - what a neat photo!

thank you for posting - hope you don't mind if I forward it to a few friends.... ??

[VenusRising]

11. Not at all.

I found it while using StumbleUpon.

I just love that you can see the feathers in the snow. It had to be an amazing feat of predation to not leave a big gaping hole instead of a soft fluttery imprint.

Animals are amazing.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. That is fantastic!

:thumbsup:

[VenusRising]

16. Hi GoG!!

How are you, lovely?

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. I'm trying to get rid of a headache...

And looking at cool pics like that helps! :hi:

[VenusRising]

19. Sorry about the headache.

Those super suck!!

Glad I could make your night a little brighter.

Feel better, hon.

:hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. It's a sinus thing...

When I got back from dogsitting, the house reeked of onions. Mr GoG put 4 baseball-sized onions in a pot of beefaroni he made.

Add that to the front that's moving through and the dry air, and I'm a mess! I'm sure I'll feel better once I can get to sleep.

[VenusRising]

23. Wanted a little beefaroni with his onions, huh?

:rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. I'm sure his weekend was filled with onions and MMB movies

MMB=Male Macho Bullshit. :rofl:

[Capn Sunshine]

13. Is that like a crash landing?

?

[VenusRising]

15. Not crash landing.

But close enough to the ground to leave that behind.

[UndertheOcean]

14. thats so cool !

wow

[VenusRising]

17. Agreed!

:thumbsup:

[BrotherBuzz]

20. Cool. Was it positively ID'd an owl

My owl country doesn't have snow so I'm not at all familiar with their forensics. Could hawks or eagles leave similar marks?

[VenusRising]

21. Why ya gotta be a stick in the mud?

:P

The picture description said owl, so I took it as that.

I'm sure that a hawk or eagle could leave similar marks, but the body shape looks square and thick like an owl to me. YMMV.

:hi:

[BrotherBuzz]

25. Guess I'm always going to be the stick in the mud when I see something cool like that

I ask questions and wonder because 'stick in the muds' are a curious bunch of old farts. :shrug:

[VenusRising]

26. Damn.

Then I'm a young stick in the mud.

:hi:

[BrotherBuzz]

28. Curious is good

:thumbsup:

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. Gah! That's not from an owl!

OMD!!! THEY'RE HERE!!! LOCK UP YOUR BISONS!!! :scared:

[VenusRising]

29. Oh no!!

We're screwn!!!!!!1!1!11

[Skittles]

30. AWESOME

thanks so much for that!

[VenusRising]

31. Glad to share the awesomeness!

[Skittles]

32. owls just fascinate me

when I catch a glimpse of one I feel, I don't know - PRIVILEGED. :D

[VenusRising]

43. I completely understand what you're talking about.

My in-laws have an owl that lives around their house. It comes down by the house around sunset and sits up in the trees completely obstructed by branches. About the same time, the mourning doves come down and sit in the lower branches. One night when we were sitting out front on the porch, I starting whistling to the mourning doves. The owl started answering me back. I would say that the owl and I went back and forth for about 30 minutes. My mother-in-law and husband were laughing at me and calling me Dr. Doolittle, but it was an awesome experience and I felt privileged having had that conversation.

[Skittles]

60. WOW!!!

COOL STORY! :D

[harmonicon]

33. fantastic picture - thanks for sharing.

[Indi Guy]

34. Actually, it looks to me like an owl swooped down & caught a rabbit...

To me, this makes yours an even more powerful picture.

I see rabbit tracks heading into where an owl (or eagle)swooped upon it's prey head-on -- and the inertia of the attack forced the bird's wings to imprint the snow in front of the tracks with its wingspan.

[puerco-bellies]

35. You can even see at least two imprints from the wingtips.

Just forward of the main wing impression. The perpendicular elongated impressions in the foreground of the main wing impression are the tail feathers which are spread during landing/strike like a airplane lowering it's flaps. Very cool.

[Indi Guy]

36. Yes! Good catch ( I missed that part)...

Doncha love figuring out mysteries? :)

[VenusRising]

44. I wish I had taken this picture.

What a real treat that would be.

I was just lucky enough to find it on teh interwebs.

[Guava Jelly]

37. I like that.

A moment captured in time..Poor Bunny :hi:

[Indi Guy]

38. How does one "pour" a bunny?...

:shrug: :P

[Guava Jelly]

39. It's early

And I fixed it.

[Indi Guy]

40. I was only joking with you...

You wouldn't believe (or maybe you would) how many typos I've hoped to fix before anyone noticed.

Sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable; my intention was quite the opposite.

[Guava Jelly]

42. I'm fine no worries.

I am glad I was able to fix it in time :)
Thank you

[VenusRising]

45. Just a temporary imprint of a moment in time

that will melt away with the warmth of the sun or blow away with a gust of the wind.

It's almost poetic.

Good morning.

:hi::hug:

[Gonzo Gardener]

41. Oh wow...

Thanks for sharing this amazing photo, VenusRising!

It reminds me of when, as a teen, I would wade through the hip deep snow with my thermal space blanket and camera and lie in wait to shoot the Great Horned Owls whoo-hoo hunted on our property.

:hi:

[VenusRising]

46. That sounds freaking cold!!

And totally cool!!! ;)

I'd love to see the pics if you still have them or scanned in. :bounce:

One night, my husband and I were driving down a dark stretch of highway and an owl swooped across in front of the car. It was so startling, but I'll never forget the shape of it. The wingspan was across the entire width of our Honda Accord.

:hi:

[Gonzo Gardener]

58. As a young'un, I was undaunted by cold.

I grew up in the wild woods of Western Michigan 2 miles inland, off Lake Michigan. We averaged about 168 inches of snow each winter. Cold wasn't really a problem, I would dig a sort of foxhole in the side of a snow drift or down into the snow and line it with the space blanket, it was toasty and I could stay there for hours... even overnight to try and capture them on film.

I wish those photos were handy, but they are packed away in the attic while we s-l-o-w-l-y remodel the house. :eyes: Oh yeah, we're on the ten year plan... :banghead:

I've had some near misses like you describe! Please, don't ask me to recount the number of times that I've swerved and nearly driven into ditches trying to catch a good look at a bird! :blush:

[IzaSparrow]

47. I've looked at this photo for nearly 10 minutes now....

I'm skeptical, but for sake of saying I saw something cool today I'm easing up. I would just like a scalebar on there.

[VenusRising]

48. I think you have a touch of the cynicism.

First wanting the Buckeyes to lose and now this.

You're lucky to have such a loving, patient, and accepting fiancee'.

:P

:hi: A little guff to start your Monday right. :hug:

[IzaSparrow]

49. Cheers...

I'm a crazy poisonous nut!

[VenusRising]

50. Don't I know it!

I married one of those myself. :)

[SallyMander]

51. He deserves it!

:rofl:


I'm actually at the office right now! But probably not for much longer... i'm getting hungry & didn't bring lunch! x(

How are you doing today sweetie? :hug:

[VenusRising]

52. I'm doing well enough.

It's Monday afterall. That means there's 4 more days of the work week. Yuck!

I like 3 day weeks and holidays.

Why don't we have those more in America? x(

How are you? Did you have a good dinner last night?

:hi::hug:

[SallyMander]

53. We should just have more vacation overall

Don't they get, like, several MONTHS in France?


That sounds good to me. :D


We did have a lovely dinner -- our friends made chili and we brought apple pie and ice cream. Mmmmm. :9

[VenusRising]

54. Lots of holiday time, afternoons off, universal healthcare.

See....I told you it was Monday. :P

That sounds fantastic!! I love apple pie. Did you make it yourself??

[SallyMander]

55. Naw, we slacked and got it at the grocery store

But it was really good! :D

[VenusRising]

56. Meh. It was Sunday.

Things often taste better if someone else makes it and cleans up the mess. :D

I'm just picky about pie. All the pies I make have graham cracker crusts. :9

[tigereye]

57. what a cool photo...

thanks for posting!


It's very beautiful and a fun puzzle, too.

[raccoon]

59. How do you know it wasn't an angel?

Seriously, thanks for the photo.

[VenusRising]

61. It must have been a cherub

I mean with the short body and all. ;)

Glad you enjoyed it. :)

[progressforward]

62. broken link? n/t

[VenusRising]

63. maybe right click - view image.

I can still see it fine and I even cleared cache and reloaded.

:shrug:

[YankeyMCC]

64. Well if the Easter Bunny doesn't show up at Easter

maybe we'll know why. ;)