Unexpected visitor on the allsky!

[Jonk]

This just completely made me double take!

Just checking the sky and whooooooo did I see?!

 

Edited August 13, 2021 by Jonk

[Captain Scarlet]

Lovely! Tawny Owl I guess?

Magnus

[globular]

Mr B Bird or Mrs S Tarling would be my guess.

[Craney]

I thought it was a head-banging James May wearing a combat jacket........

Been a long day....

[Jonk]

I certainly think it’s a tawny owl, quite often hear them but not seen one since we’ve been here.

[Jonk]

Guess whoooooo's back?!

3 nights in a row now...(stretched screenshots).

Hopefully I'll be able to capture it with a Milky Way behind it soon.

[globular]

love it 

[LukeSkywatcher]

I thought it was a Yeti. 

[Captain Scarlet]

All I can say is “you lucky blighter”. I’ve yet to see a wild Tawny.

Magnus

[Jonk]

I moved a cctv camera last night and guess what! He / she’s back!

I reckon the temporary hanging basket just to hold the camera boxes up there would make a fine nest, so I reckon it’s thinking of moving in?

[Jonk]

Sorry to keep going on, and away from it being astro related but I've just sat outside for about an hour with the DSLR on the offchance it visited.

And it did! I took 1 shot, 10s iso1600 wide open at 185mm which wasn't near enough, and as the camera display showed the image, the owl took off and flew right over my head - I didn't hear a thing!

Here's the best I can realistically do with the photo, it was pretty dark outside.

 

[Highburymark]

Fantastic - lovely capture!

[Jonk]

Little sod! Hope he hasn't scratched it...

 

[Muc]

Amazing, never seen any owl before myself

[carastro]

Fantastic photos.  I am about to purchase an IR wildlife camera as we have occasional mysterious "goings on" in the garden, to do with chicken eggs arriving - whole, or dug up???  Want to know what's going on though think it might be foxes burying them.

Carole 

[Jonk]

A friend of mine has a couple set up so they can watch the hedgehogs.

You sound like you have a mystery going on!

The allsky has already proven its worth, but not for the skies. We would probably never have known about Terry (the owl’s name!) if I didn’t have one.

[ItsmeMaw]

Owls are amazing in flight! Such a silent stealthy predator!

I would definitely hate to be a mouse!

[Jonk]

It's been a while, but it's back!

[Jonk]

Well, we seem to have captured yet more wildlife rather than astronomical events!

It has its eye on the ponds....

Edited December 28, 2021 by Jonk
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