Today is #OwlAwarenessDay, so I thought I'd choose the photos of the owls when I first saw them in the wild.

#LittleOwl - 2019, my favourite owl
#TawnyOwl - 2023
#ShortEaredOwl - 2024

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#owls #birdsofprey #saveourowls

One of the two beautiful Purple Finch females (along with their mates) who blessed my back yard for a while this spring.

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
May 2024

📸 #birds #finch #PUFI #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

I was just away for 4 days & the day I left, I wanted to visit the marsh 1 more time. I’d heard voices from deep in the reeds and thought “maybe, just maybe”.
It’s spent its entire life in the reeds, but this was the morning it peeked out at the world.
This is a baby Sora🪶