SNAP SHOT
A handsome and talented Great Horned Owl intently keeps a keen eye on the shared nest with young fledglings to feed around the clock.
Owl the savvy hunter he is, resources the saguaro cactus to keep a protective vigilance on the nest while using 360' turn radius to hunt from the vantage point.
The rare occasion of a fully bloomed saguaro may happen but just once a year. In very fortunate timing the male is perched on the cactus long enough to snap the capture in soft daylight of the sunrise.
Owl is a wild owl and not a capture or rescued owl; but the head of the new owl family out west, where their future is guaranteed by the other families in the owl network.
Tonto National Forrest Preserve northeast of Cave Creek, Arizona
April 2021