Totally overcast and snowing like crazy when we found this snowy owl just east of Calgary. My oldest son Tyler is in town and unlike his younger brother, has never seen a snowy owl before so we hit the road late this afternoon. Just 15 min. east of Calgary, we found out first snowy owl. In the 1.5 hour outing we saw four snowy owls all just north of...

A few In-flight photos of a male white gyrfalcon attacking a ringed-neck pheasant in near white-out conditions, snowing like crazy and cold, very cold! Dull overcast day when this unfolded… gyrfalcon attacks pheasant, makes a passing flight The impact photo showing how the gyrfalcon takes down its prey. in-flight gyrfalcon attacks pheasant

Three frames of a surprised great horned owl in-flight, only three frames because thats all I got as he passed by very quickly on a cold day. Great light for photography, we also saw two snowy owls and one merlin falcon. My latest in-flight photos of the great horned owls, click here. great horned owl inflight great horned owl wings spread