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In case anybody hasn't seen this...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/great-grey-owl-lands-on-camera-1.6397792

Have you ever had a bird land on your camera or taken a picture like that?

By the way, I have long thought that Great Gray Owls look like Half Dome in Yosemite, and I'm not the only one.  (Warning, if it's needed: that page contains profane language.)  There are Great Gray Owls in Yosemite, and maybe someday someone will get a picture with both in one frame, if not in focus.

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20 minutes ago, Jerry Friedman said:

In case anybody hasn't seen this...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/great-grey-owl-lands-on-camera-1.6397792

Have you ever had a bird land on your camera or taken a picture like that?

By the way, I have long thought that Great Gray Owls look like Half Dome in Yosemite, and I'm not the only one.  (Warning, if it's needed: that page contains profane language.)  There are Great Gray Owls in Yosemite, and maybe someday someone will get a picture with both in one frame, if not in focus.

Thats' quite a shot!  I did have a Buff Collard Nightjar land on my hat when I was calling it in Colima.  No photo though.

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I’m pretty sure situations like that only occur from birds that have been regularly fed by people…. Even though they said they didn’t bait it, a previously baited owl will still associate people with food. 
Though, the great gray I saw definitely seemed unbothered by my presence so maybe they are a bit tame. 
 

I’ve had chickadees and nuthatches land on my camera, which is no where near as interesting 

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