A few owls

I was in the Lake District last week, and visited the owl sanctuary at Muncaster. It's rather sad to see them in captivity, although the cages are big enough to allow flight and contain as natural a habitat as possible. The wire netting makes photography rather difficult, but a few shots came out reasonably well.

All taken with a 350D + 70-200 f/4 L IS (a new purchase and I love it) @ f4.

Owl with hangover.




The Yoda of the owl world.




Thank goodness for this piece of wood. I might have fallen off my perch otherwise.




Not an owl (a red kite), but what beautiful plumage.




Regards,
Stuart

These have brought a huge smile to my face, thank you!

Numbers 1 & 3 are simply adorable.

BTW, I had that 70-200 before (now I have the f2.8 version) and it was the second best lens I've ever had (the best one being the f2.8 version) ;-)

hmmmm…
yes, a sad smile, but at least they are protected there…
The real sad thing is that's necessaryt o protect them :-( from mankind?-)

Beautifull witness work. and efficient!