Shorty’s

Fantastic day out with a friend exploring the country side and the great backroads we have here in Alberta. Near the end of our day of exploring, we stumbled across 4 Short Eared Owls out hunting. These little guys, don’t sit still for long but we hung out for awhile and eventually we did get a few images.

This open-country hunter is one of the world's most widely distributed owls, and among the most frequently seen in daylight. Don't look too eagerly for the ear tufts, which are so short they're often invisible. More conspicuous features are its black-rimmed yellow eyes staring out from a pale facial disk. These birds course silently over grasslands on broad, rounded wings, especially at dawn and dusk. They use acute hearing to hunt small mammals and birds.

All About Birds - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Short-eared_Owl/overview