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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:06 AM
Denali National Park today. I think I know what this is....any guesses based off the picture before I describe it?
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:10 AM
Snowy owl?
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:10 AM
.......... some kind of owl??
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:12 AM
Barn owl maybe? Too far south for snowy this time of year, I think.
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:16 AM
I'm now thinking a dirty Snowy Owl. Still not sure... 
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:25 AM
Yeti?
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:27 AM
I second yeti
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:28 AM
Clearly an IBW~
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:29 AM
I don't think its a snowy owl. I had other thoughts based off its flying and coloration
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:31 AM
I would guess at Barn Owl or Passenger Pigeon. Most likely the latter.
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:41 AM
Ivory-billed passenger pigeon.
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:46 AM
A barn owl in Denali National Park?!?! Talk about waaay out of range. Im a little disappointed that nobody came to the same conclusion that i did. Hmmm. Maybe Im wrong.
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:48 AM
Well the suspense is killing me~ 
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:48 AM
Ivory-billed passenger pigeon.
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:54 AM
Red-legged kittiwake? (with ivory billed leanings?)
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 03:00 AM
Hmm. After some thought I think it might be a Gyrfalcon.
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Congrats, by the way.
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 03:54 AM
Anyone else want to chime in? I've got some other shots of it, but trying to hand-hold a 6lb lens while bouncing around in a bus doing 25mph on a dirt road while shooting through a window is a challenge.
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 04:29 AM
It looks a lot like a Barn Owl! At least at first glance. But surely not in Denali. Looking closer, the wings are short and rounded. Body shape is a bit top heavy, but maybe a ptarmigan?
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 04:38 AM
It looks a lot like a Barn Owl! At least at first glance. But surely not in Denali. Looking closer, the wings are short and rounded. Body shape is a bit top heavy, but maybe a ptarmigan?
Could be. We saw a ton of Willow Ptarmigans all over the park road from about mile 25-54, but never did see one flying. Obviously the lack of color in the tail rules out Willow, but I suppose it could have been White-tailed.
The flight looked falcon like with steady swift wingbeats.
Shrugs.
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