This little guy was very obliging. We were able to walk all around it and underneath it without a care from the owl. It had just fed recently as can be seen by the blood and entrails sticking to it's beak. Little pygmy devils, those talons are very fierce! It began to preen shortly after it fluffed up as it is in this image. Difficult conditions to photograpgh due to the harsh sky conditions and the snowy background, very bright had to push 2 stops to expose it properly!
January 31, 2010.
Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM lens with a Canon 1.4x II Extender.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)