Cliff Dwellers

Four great horned owls sit atop a high cliff ledge which serves as their nest and home in the spring and early summer months while the male and female owl raise their young. Living on a cliff gave me the unique opportunity to photograph all four of the owls in one image. Something that is almost impossible when owls take up their usual home in trees. Owls hunt at night and sleep during the day so getting an image where all four were near the nest was quite tricky. It took 5 days of waiting before I captured them all with their eyes open and in a position that worked well for a photo. The owlets pictured here were growing wary of their cliffside home and were already flapping their wings restlessly. About a week after I made this image the young ones fledged and went off on their own. 

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