Actually, most of the owl photos have a fair bit of zoom, but this is the original, not a detail. Let me say this again: this is not a detail of a larger photo. Yes, it's in 48X zoom. That's still pretty mind-boggling.
And this is what a boggled owl looks like, apparently. I had previously seen this pose in Sibley. It's the "threatening" pose. It also comes with beak snapping and hissing like a cat. I kid you not. It hissed at me.
The other sibling still sticks to the "evil glare from behind the bushes" method. They're certainly becoming more active, hence why I almost stepped on Threatening Baby. (It's an exaggeration. I was still several feet away when I spotted it.) The other day I saw one on a log preening itself, but I didn't have the camera because it was drizzling.
Also, it's lucky for me there wasn't a parent around just then, because great horned owls attack people who bother their babies.
Owls rock. And Canon rocks.
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