Launching into spring…

Spring has definitely, and finally, come to Bragg Creek. I spent the morning driving the back roads and was excited to see robins flitting around the patches where the snow had melted away. Beyond robins, chickadees and nuthatches, I was lucky to see a pair of great gray owls hunting on the forest edge and another lone owl perched a mile or so away. Great grays are probably the birds I love photographing the most. So, it was a really great morning by every measure!

Here one of the pair leaped into the air, crossed the road and alighted on a broken treetop among the bare trees still waiting for their leaves to emerge. This was the image I liked the most from the morning after having a quick look through the keepers this evening. I am looking forward to spending more time with these owls again this spring. Definitely some of my favorite photography every year.