Here are a couple of shots of some great horned owls in Bishop, CA. A local birder friend alerted me to this scene. He reckons the baby tried to fly out of the nest, but is still too young to fly. It now hangs out on the ground or on top of one of the branches in the photo, while one of the parents sticks close by.
There's a story with the lens I used for these shots. It's a 400mm Sigma telephoto lens, but it's so old that I have to manually focus and set the aperture. I found it at an estate sale in the Bay Area a few years ago for $20. The original owner was a food photographer in the 60s and 70s.
