Barn owlet running
Dutch photographer Hannie Heere was photographing barn owls when she captured an adorable shot of a baby barn owl running across grass.
Heere is 66-year-old and lives in the city of Dordrecht in The Netherlands.
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![White fluffy owlet running on green grass.
On May 28th, 2021, Heere was out shooting when she spotted a confident small owl chick nearby. It was fluffy with white down, which are replaced with mature feathers as the owl grows old enough to fly.
Barn owlets start flapping their wings at seven weeks, making short flights around the nest at eight weeks, and becoming competent flyers by 10 weeks, at which point they look like adult barn owls.
Before learning to fly, however, baby owls work on developing their muscles, and this particular baby owl had apparently decided to do so by going for a run.
“I was laying on the ground,” Heere tells PetaPixel. “This young bird count not fly yet and was not afraid. I took the picture from a distance of about 5 to 6 meters [~16 feet].”
She shot the photo with a Canon 5D Mark IV DSLR and a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens at f/8, 1/1000s, and ISO 200.](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/3363503 "White fluffy owlet running on green grass.
On May 28th, 2021, Heere was out shooting when she spotted a confident small owl chick nearby. It was fluffy with white down, which are replaced with mature feathers as the owl grows old enough to fly.
Barn owlets start flapping their wings at seven weeks, making short flights around the nest at eight weeks, and becoming competent flyers by 10 weeks, at which point they look like adult barn owls.
Before learning to fly, however, baby owls work on developing their muscles, and this particular baby owl had apparently decided to do so by going for a run.
“I was laying on the ground,” Heere tells PetaPixel. “This young bird count not fly yet and was not afraid. I took the picture from a distance of about 5 to 6 meters [~16 feet].”
She shot the photo with a Canon 5D Mark IV DSLR and a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens at f/8, 1/1000s, and ISO 200.")
Photographer Captures Baby Barn Owl Mid-Run
Dutch hobbyist photographer Hannie Heere captured an adorable photograph of a brave barn owl chick mid-run.Michael Zhang (PetaPixel)
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