Leap of Faith
by Kathy Kelly
Title
Leap of Faith
Artist
Kathy Kelly
Medium
Mixed Media - Painting With Mixed Media
Description
Spotting a juicy cricket, a Burrowing Owl leaps into action. The Burrowing Owl is an adorable "pint-sized" raptor that is active during the day and lives in open, treeless areas throughout North and South America.. It spends most of its time on the ground, where its sandy brown plumage provides camouflage from potential predators.
Burrowing owls have bright eyes; lack ear tufts and have a flattened facial disc. They are small in size (9 inches in height with a wingspan of 21 inches); have prominent white eyebrows and a white "chin" patch which they expand and display during certain behaviors.
Burrowing Owls eat a variety of insects, small reptiles, and small mammals. Born underground in burrows, their numbers have declined sharply with human alteration of their habitat and the decline of prairie dogs and ground squirrels whose burrows they often use.
This work has been featured in the following FAA Groups.
Wildlife One a Day
FAA Portraits - Birds
Camera Art
10 Plus
A Birding Group - Wings
Uploaded
August 31st, 2019
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Comments (37)
Linda Brittain
Congratulations on your top finish in the One Adult Bird Flying contest! Amazing capture!
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the ONE ADULT BIRD FLYING - NO OTHER BIRDS IN THE IMAG...! Fl
Gary F Richards
Magnificent capture, lighting, shading and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the ONE ADULT BIRD FLYING - NO OTHER BIRDS IN THE IMAG...contest!
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Luther Fine Art
s AgoCongratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit!