My first capture of Great-Horned Owl

 It was toward the end of May, 2022. One evening, I received a text message from my dear friend and bird photographer Dan Spivak, "Are you still looking to get an owl photo?" Reading his message, I almost jumped off my chair - "Of course!" Dan gave me the location in Central Alberta of a mama owl and her two chicks. It was in the middle of the week. So, I had to wait till the weekend. On Saturday, May 28th morning, me and one of my photographer friends drove for over 90 minutes to get to the location. We started looking from tree to tree but couldn't find anything. We thought, they must have left. So, I took a photo of the site where we were standing with my iPhone, and sent it to Dan for his help. Dan immediately replied back saying that we were most likely standing right by the tree and we should look up... way up! And there they were!! Mom and the two owlets were perched in the upper canopy of this giant spruce tree. What an experience that was!! Thank you Dan for making our day brighter!!









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