From Henrik Nilsson
A short eared owl banking. If you look really close, you can see the ATM card tucked into the feathers (I’ll see myself out). On a much more informative note, due to the characteristic of their flight feathers, owls are nearly silent in flight.
British Columbia, Canada.
Canon R5 with Canon 600mm f4 II. 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 2,500. Manual mode. Dec 2022.
Yup, you can see its right alula sticking out! Good job. You’re getting close to your junior ornithologist badge at this point.
It’s a clump of feathers, I think the number varies, attached to their thumb equivalent.