A high-key image of a Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) perched on the tip of a dead cholla branch, staring into the camera before a blurred Desert background at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum outside of Tucson, Arizona.
Description

A high-key image of a Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) perched on the tip of a dead cholla branch, staring into the camera before a blurred Sonoran Desert background.

The beautiful bird, side-lit from the bright morning sun, is taking a momentary rest from its performance in the Arizona-Sonora Desert's raptor free-flight show, a must-see program that only occurs during the cooler months of October through April.

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EXIF

Camera: NIKON D100
Lens: 70-210 mm f/4-5.6
Focal Length: 155mm
Aperture: f5
Shutter Speed: 1/400s
ISO: 200
Date: 2004-02-29
Time: 10:44:13

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