I went to the Windsor (California) Arts and Crafts Fair today, with my photographs and photographic products (luggage/backpack tags), but got rained out a little after noon. However, serendipity still finds me; while I was quite disappointed to have to “close shop,” I was still given the gift of a photographic opportunity. The Bird Rescue Center of Sonoma County was at the Windsor Farmers’ Market with a display of their work, as well as two gorgeous raptors—a great-horned owl and a barn owl.
Several of my best photographs are of barn and screech owls; and I was thankful to be able to take a number of shots of new owl subjects and adding a great-horned owl to my photographic portfolio. They are magnificent creatures, in beautiful condition, lively and alert. The barn owl kept trying to slip his jesses and fly into the nearby trees.
While my window of opportunity was short because of my vendor responsibilities, I was fortunate enough to take some great portraits of these two venerable birds.
Now, a plug for the Bird Rescue Center of Sonoma County (707-523-2473): Alida Morzenti, Former Director of the U.C. Davis Raptor Center, and a “well-known and sought after expert in the field of Raptor biology” is giving a free five-part series of lectures on the “Natural History of Raptors.” While the first presentation was last Friday, the next four lectures are going to be given on Fridays, Sept. 18, 25, Oct. 2 and 9, at 7 p.m., Church of the Roses, 2500 Patio Court, Santa Rosa.
(A big thank you to Marit, for spelling me at my booth, while leaving hers to family members, so I could take photos—you are a blessing in my life.)
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