Scouting for Great Gray Owls | How To Find

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  • Опубліковано 4 жов 2023
  • In this Field Vlog I spend a day scouting for Great Gray Owls in Oregon with a personal focus on the experience rather than the photographs.
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    I am a Wildlife Photographer and Cinematographer for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a Senior Fellow at the International League of Conservation Photographers and have been photographing birds and wildlife professionally for the last 25 years. I am best known for my work documenting endangered birds and conservation issues around the world including the enigmatic Spoon-billed Sandpiper. My book, The Living Bird, was a New York Times Bestseller and National Outdoor Book Award winner and my work is published regularly in magazines including National Geographic, BBC Wildlife and Audubon. My work has also been featured in media outlets including NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Morning Edition, and The New York Times. My film work has been featured in the PBS Nature series and in film festivals including Jackson Wild, Mountain Film, and the Banff World Tour.
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  • @jeffkatzer
    @jeffkatzer 9 місяців тому +1

    Awesomes.

  • @DaveCowellPhotoVideo
    @DaveCowellPhotoVideo 3 місяці тому

    I love everything about this video, but the end monologue really touched me. Thanks so much for everything you do!

  • @johncalhoun4806
    @johncalhoun4806 9 місяців тому +3

    I was excited to see this new upload hit my notifications and it did not disappoint! Thank you for taking us on your adventure and sharing your visions, field craft, and more importantly your wisdoms of nature and photography, but more importantly, how they integrate with one another. Looking forward to hearing updates about your project as soon as you can share!

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

  • @FORSBERGMIKE
    @FORSBERGMIKE 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for the journey, Gerrit 👍

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  8 місяців тому

      Thanks, Mike! I’d love to hear how your ‘little’ camping trip went this summer!

  • @josephdaigneau430
    @josephdaigneau430 9 місяців тому +1

    Nice easy approach to wildlife viewing

  • @MooseHenderson1
    @MooseHenderson1 9 місяців тому +1

    Very well done, love photographing GGOs, would also enjoy the squirrels

  • @DanCarr
    @DanCarr 6 місяців тому +1

    I love the concept of leaving the pressure of images behind while you first explore.

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  6 місяців тому

      Glad you like it!

  • @gunny2044
    @gunny2044 9 місяців тому +1

    Outstanding.

  • @YellowstoneDiscGolf
    @YellowstoneDiscGolf 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you so much for this. Your videos are really important to me because while I care about photography, what I care about more is protecting nature and appreciating it in all its incredible glory.

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому

      Great to hear! Thanks for the feedback!

  • @hankstarr7800
    @hankstarr7800 9 місяців тому

    Thanks. Very much like your approach. You have been doing it for years, but I have had a few days when my hunches pan out, the light cooperates and the birds come. Magic. Was at Montezuma last week for the first time. Quite a place.

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому

      Thank you! I’ve had some great encounters with both American and Least Bitterns at Montezuma!

  • @Nmbirder1964
    @Nmbirder1964 9 місяців тому

    Wonderful video Geritt thanks so much.

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @nibbblefish
    @nibbblefish 9 місяців тому +1

    Yayyy!! New YT content! Thank you!

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому

      You bet! Hope you enjoy!

  • @wildlifebybrianhoule
    @wildlifebybrianhoule 9 місяців тому +1

    Very nice! Thanks for sharing. GGOs are my favourite, but here in Ottawa, Canada, we only hope they appear in the winter. lol

  • @zacharygoode8341
    @zacharygoode8341 9 місяців тому +1

    What a beautiful video filled with great wisdom! Thanks so much for sharing Gerrit

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @vandamner
    @vandamner 9 місяців тому +1

    So happy for you. What an awesome day. Great greys are rare in this part of Ontario but hopefully one day will see one.

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому

      I saw my first outside of Chapleau near Lake Como!

  • @uggle-tv9108
    @uggle-tv9108 9 місяців тому

    Very nice video. Enjoyed watching 👍

  • @SpencerARodgers
    @SpencerARodgers 9 місяців тому +1

    Excellent video! I'm hoping to see my first Great Gray Owls when I go up to Minnesota in February! In the meantime, I'm going to continue shooting the local Great Horned Owls and Barred Owls! (And hopefully, some other species and mamals, if I'm lucky!)

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому

      Good luck up there! And good luck back at home!

  • @kimrodriguez1698
    @kimrodriguez1698 9 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing! I fell in love with Great Grey Owls.
    We have Great Horned Owls in the trees behind our bedroom. We can hear them hoot to one another at dusk and dawn🦉.

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому

      That is awesome!

  • @ronprins6402
    @ronprins6402 7 місяців тому

    Thank you..Great video with a lot of good tips looking for the GGO! I am looking for them in my area, and I have seen them several times, but they are elusive and so well camouflaged. Maybe tomorrow!

  • @soumyajit112
    @soumyajit112 9 місяців тому

    I am always inspired you. You taught how to look beyond a picture to the experience matter! Thanks for this story

  • @juanitakelly3082
    @juanitakelly3082 9 місяців тому

    That was really wonderful! Thanks for taking us along!

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @jimd5918
    @jimd5918 9 місяців тому

    Great video, thank you very much!! Your words about the journey and education being equal or greater than the image itself, ring so true for me!!

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому +1

      Glad That resonated for you as well. Thank you!

  • @brianlemke6017
    @brianlemke6017 9 місяців тому

    Great shots. My favourite bird. We’re fortunate to have a robust population here in the Alberta foothills.

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому

      Thanks! Great region for them for sure!

  • @horstrj
    @horstrj 9 місяців тому

    NIce video. Thanks for the tips. Where do you look for info on owl habitat in your area? Im in the Seattle area and have been scouting for owls for a few years now and am finding it fairly hard to find accurate info on how to narrow down my search locations. I watched your screech owl video...that was the first anyone suggested riparian areas to me or that they dont really tree roost outside of winter and breeding seasons. My Great Grey hunting area is about 6 hours from here and I dont get there very often...This will help me narrow my camping locations more. Thanks.

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому

      Washington is a bit more tricky in my experience as most of the meadow/pasture/riparian habitat in the area I suspect you are looking is private property and/or developed. I’m sure there are some good places to look though!

  • @WildlifeMomentsAU
    @WildlifeMomentsAU 9 місяців тому

    Nice video Gerrit. I was wondering when you were going to do another video. The wait was worth it. Are you still using the Z9?

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому

      Thank you, Donovan! Yes on the Z9 - updating the firmware for teh bird eye tracking this evening!

  • @jeffb.3052
    @jeffb.3052 9 місяців тому

    Nice to know there's a population in Central Oregon, I wasn't aware of any either side of 97 other than down closer to Crater lake, Klamath area. It seems each decade I see more and more reports from around Oregon, really nice to see them dispersed throughout. There's even some west of the Cascades, but only one place I'm aware of.

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  9 місяців тому

      I’d like to see them on the west side but private land makes it more difficult

    • @jeffb.3052
      @jeffb.3052 9 місяців тому

      @@GerritVyn yes it does, so much easier to just go to the east side and enjoy all our public lands.

  • @AkivaPotok
    @AkivaPotok 14 днів тому

    What were the specs on the shot of the moon! What lens? Really impressive! Great shots of the Great Gray!

    • @GerritVyn
      @GerritVyn  10 днів тому +1

      The video shots? They were shot with my 600mm with and without a 1.4x.