When they weren't quartering or tussling mid-air, our local Short-eared Owls would occasionally perch to give us barbed looks...
Canon R7
Sigma 150-600mm OS at full extension, perched on a monopod.
t 1/1250s
f/6.3
ISO 1250
EXIF reports the bird was about 65 metres away.
@sciencebase "You callin' me a puff?".
@SteelFolk Now, there's a 1970s phrase if ever there was one
@sciencebase I was going to say " You callin' wor lass a puff?" which is even dafter.
@SteelFolk Do you remember Foffo Spearjig?
@sciencebase So many tattoos he has to wear some of them on his mutha's arms.
@SteelFolk That's the fella