A great gray owl in a strong wind in Quebec.

Vent du Nord

Châteauguay, Québec

A frigid winter breeze ruffles the feathers of a great grey owl, perched atop a dead tree in a frozen marsh. There were four different owls flying around the park the day that I took this picture, which wasn't the ideal situation that it sounds like: with an entire protected island for them to hunt over, finding one of the great greys meant lots of telephone-style word of mouth, and they were often gone and off to another part of the preserve by the time I arrived with the camera.

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