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1. I’m reading H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald – loving it. This make a great aside.

   1. Thank you for your comment, Lynn! These noble birds are very intelligent and affectionate. Great book!

2. Beautiful as ever

   1. Thank you so much, Derrick!

3. Love this! Thanks for sharing 🙂

   1. Thank you Montserrat! 🙂

4. big birds, little birds and amazing photos of birds. You captured them beautifully. A visual feast

   1. Thank you! These birds are used to modeling and charming 🙂

5. Beautiful, Inese,
   absolutely beautiful

   Thank you

   much love

   john

   1. Thank you for stopping by, John! I am sure these cuties put a big smile on your face 🙂
      Much love
      Inese

6. Whew … an awesome set of photographs that have taken my breath away …

   1. Thank you so much! It was an easy job – they didn’t mind being photographed. I think that they even played along 🙂

7. The photos are, as always, amazing. But the captions are pricelless. So funny. You captured the expressions perfectly.

   1. Thank you so much! I loved being so close to these beautiful birds. You should see their affection towards their caretakers! True love.

8. Glad to see so many comments, Inese! These photos are extraordinary. You have captured their wonderful individual personalities so brilliantly. Best wishes Kate

   1. Thank you Kate! They are so funny and so sweet! I just enjoyed being there.
      Have a lovely weekend! Inese

      1. I asked my sister if she had ever been there with her family and discovered that my niece is scared of birds! Given that our back garden is constantly full of cockatoos, magpies, butcher birds, wattlebirds etc and that she will be here at Christmas I think that could be a problem! 🐦🐧🐤🐔😊

         1. Oh that is not common, but one of my former coworkers was terrified of birds too, and they apparently knew that, and attacked her on many occasions.

            1. There is no doubt in my mind that birds are very, very clever! That kinda proves it!

               1. Oh they are indeed.

9. Great set of shots. The owls are my favorites.

   1. Thank you! I too love the owls 🙂

      1. This summer we could hear an owl outside our home. Some nights he/she was very close, indeed…and loud.

         1. Taking care of the rodents I guess.
            As a young girl I used to walk from the bus stop through the forest, and the owls sometimes made me jump with their sudden calls. I couldn’t turn back, so I would think of their funny ‘faces’ and the fear would go away 🙂

            1. Ha ha ha…They do have odd looking faces, don’t they. Cheers!

               1. The most adorable 🙂

10. Great set from Mayfield Inese….Love them☺

    1. Thank you Mary 🙂 Love their facial expressions!

11. awesome closeups!

    1. Thank you! It was easy, the birds are very well tamed.

       1. the owls in particular look so gentle. 🙂

          1. Especially Peanut, the Asian wood owl. You should see him opening and closing his eyes in a slow motion 🙂

             1. awwww … 🙂

12. I love your captions and how you capture their expressions. Just wonderful, Inese!

    1. Thank you so much, Kate! I brought home about 700 photographs, all different. These birds tell you a story with their face expressions.

13. They look so clever, amazing eyes. Thank you, Inese

    1. Thank you so much! You should hear all the stories about them! They are very clever, you are absolutely right.

       1. They are, and I have the fortune to see them in your photography. There are some wild owls here, but they are hard to spot!

          1. I have seen an owl in the wild only once. In the middle of a cold winter he came to our house and sat by the chimney.

             1. Shakespeare and Poe would love to dream with such image. In my case they just fly away as in a comedy.

                1. One day you will meet him. Hope you have your camera with you 🙂

                   1. Thank you, Inese. I hope so too. Best wishes 🙂

                      1. Have a lovely weekend!

14. Beautiful photos! Love the Owls 🙂 My fave

    1. Thank you so much! 🙂

       1. You’re welcome

15. Owls are so cool. We have one living near us, but he’s very elusive. We hear it every night but have yet to see it.

    1. Thank you for your comment! They are also blending with the surroundings very well. I would love to have one living nearby. They keep all the pests away.

       1. We live out in the country and all sorts of birds, pheasant, turkey, a neighbor has peacocks. The owl lives in a hollowed out tree in one of our fields. Can’t spot him but he’s there. I’ll be unlucky to see it when I don’t have a camera with me. Very elusive creatures.

          1. Wish you luck spotting him! He must be stays in the hollow all day.

             1. Evidently. I’ve tried to spot him around dusk, but no luck so far.

                1. It is how they keep themselves alive…

16. Stunning photography! I’m still in awe of how much time and editing you have to put in for all these amazing photos!

    1. Thank you so much for stopping by! The biggest, and most annoying editing is resizing the images. Otherwise, the day was perfect for photography, and the birds were sitting still most of the time. They are very well tamed, and used to visitors. Another time consuming task was choosing the pictures from 700 frames I brought home 🙂

17. Lovely photos. So expressive. I love owls particularly and could look at them for hours. Thanks for sharing.

    1. Thank you for stopping by! I am so happy to share these photographs because I know there is no one who doesn’t like a cute owl’s face 🙂

18. Inese, this was delightful. I’m captivated by the owl with red eyes! I’m off to visit the links. Mega hugs!

    1. Than you for reading, Teagan! I hope these funny and cute critters will put a big smile on your face 🙂 Hugs!!!

       1. Oh they certainly did Inese. Thanks so much for doing this. Hugs back!

19. Aren’t they beautiful, strong photographs, well done.

    1. Thank you so much! Yes, so beautiful! Their face expressions are so sweet and comic at the same time.

20. Absolutely beautiful photos! When I walk and hear birds chatter or whistle I always answer them.

    1. I do the same 🙂 Always speak with cats and birds 🙂

       1. And squirrels. The squirrels in my neighborhood think I’m a genius.

          1. I wonder if you have a snack in your pocket for them too. It helps communication 😉

             1. They know I’m easy.

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