Burrowing Owls, Piaui State, BrazilAs a wildlife photographer I can’t help but assign animals to my various friends and family members. Certain people just seem like certain animals. My friend Justin, for example, is a koala. Something about him screams marsupial. Another friend, Jon, is a puffin. He just is. My sister Kerry, well, she’s clearly a burrowing owl. She always has been and always will be. Tomorrow Kerry gets married. The lucky guy is Charlie, so by association, I guess he gets to be an owl too. This one goes out to them. Congratulations and see you tomorrow. (Incidentally, tomorrow also happens to be one year since I married Karen, a lovely combination of a white tailed fawn and a cow — you know, a cute cow. Like Elsie. Happy Anniversary Baby.)
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 550mm with 1.4 teleconverter) ISO 800, f/8 at 1/1250th of a second