ural owl at nest cavity

Today we stopped off at the nest site of a pair of Ural owls. This is one of the several Ural owl nests on the “owl circuit” in Hokkaido. Unfortunately the male was not there today. I was hoping for pictures of the pair at the cavity.

The following images and video were shot with the Canon 7D and a 600 f4 with a 1.4x teleconverter. With the sensor crop factor it was the equivalent of about a 1,400mm focal length.

The motor drive you hear is from the camera of friend and tour participant Jack Anon.

ural owl grooming at nesting cavity

ural owl at nesting cavity