Lightweight Champ Saw-Whet Owl

by Morris Finkelstein

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Acrylic Print

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Wood Print

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Title

Lightweight Champ Saw-Whet Owl

Artist

Morris Finkelstein

Medium

Photograph - Photograph

Description

The Northern Saw-Whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) is one of the smallest owls found in North America, about the size of an American Robin. It measures about 8 inches in length and about 2.8 ounces in weight. While they are fairly common, they are hard to spot in their habitat because of their small size and how well their plumage blends with forest foliage. Their preferred habitat is coniferous forest and occasionally deciduous woods in North America. While they are described as appearing to be pretty, cute, and fluffy, they are raptors, killing and feeding on mostly small mammals. They feed by flying from their perches down on prey at night. Typical prey includes mice and voles, and occasionally birds.

This Northern Saw-Whet Owl with a clenched left fist, as the "lightweight champion" that it is, perched high in a Holly Tree, was photographed at Tods Point Park, in Greenwich, Connecticut, on 1-25-2017. I used Nikon D810 camera body and a Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR2 telephoto zoom lens to capture this image.

I am honored that my photograph was featured in the Fine Art America groups:
A Birding Group - Wings, 1-26-2017
All Natural Beauty Of This World, 1-26-2017
Nikon Full Frame Cameras, 1-27-2017
Poetic Poultry, 1-27-2017
FAA Portraits - Birds, 1-27-2017
Pure Nature Photography, 1-27-2017
Fuzzy Warm And Soft, 1-28-2017
Animals Photos Only, 1-28-2017
Wildlife One-A-Day, 2-1-2017
Wild Birds Of The World, 2-3-2017
All About Nature And The Animals, 2-3-2017
Photographers From Around The World, 2-4-2017
Animal Photographs, 2-10-2017
Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife, 2-23-2017
Animals And Birds In The Wild, 2-27-2017
Images That Excite You, 3-13-2017
The World We See, 3-14-2017
FAA Portrait Gallery, 2-9-2018
10 Plus, 2-10-2018
Five Star Artist, 2-15-2018
USA Photographers Only, 7-6-2020
Animal Mania, 7-29-2020
500 Views Share Group, 8-1-2020
Wonder Of Wings, 2-26-2021
100 Favorite, 7-3-2022
Art District, 7-6-2022

First Place in FAA Contest
"A Walk In The Park"
6-9-2023; Admin Larry Kniskern

First Place Finish in FAA Contest (Tied)
"Local Park Nature Scene Photography"
1-1-2021; Admin. Larry Kniskern

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