4am Project » new jersey http://4amproject.org Creating a global picture of 4am Tue, 25 May 2010 14:37:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Eastern Screech Owl http://4amproject.org/2009/02/eastern-screech-owl/ http://4amproject.org/2009/02/eastern-screech-owl/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:19:57 +0000 Karen Strunks http://4amproject.org/?p=130 Eastern Screech Owl ~ Gray Morph

Eastern Screech Owl, by Bill Dalton, Allenhurst, New Jersey, USA

To view more of Bill’s photographs, please visit his flickr photostream, or his website.
 
Bill says:
 
“The Lenape Indians (Native American) believed that if they dreamt of an Owl it would become their guardian.

I’ve had Screech Owls around my backyard owl box for at least a week. One’s a red morph and this one, a gray morph. I finally got a decent shot of this one by calling him in with an electronic call. This morning at 4am, it landed on my graden cucumber trellis which consists of an old wooden deck umbrella; canvas top removed and turned upside-down!”

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What a beautiful creature, with such stunning amber eyes. I love how he is staring straight into the lens, almost confronting Bill and asking “What are you doing on my patch?”
 
I hope to dream of an owl tonight and have a special guardian.
 
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