Great Horned Owl at Night in the Desert Kids T-Shirt

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My trail cam caught this Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) getting a drink of water from my ground level birdbath under a creosote bush by a red barrel cactus. The tapetum lucidum, a layer of tissue behind the retina, is a retroreflector. It increases any light available to the photoreceptors, making the eyes seem to glow for extra dramatic effect. The photo is slightly enhanced for better definition, and was taken the evening of June 27, 2018 at 11:29 pm. The location is about 50 miles southwest of Phoenix in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, where the camera also recorded the temperature at 92 degrees Fahrenheit. No wonder he/she was thirsty!

Judy Kennedy (a visionary wayward muse) is a nature mystic and disabled visual media artist specializing in the Arizona Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is the United States' most ecologically diverse desert - especially in the state of Arizona. With an abounding love for her home, Judy's artwork and videos mostly feature wildlife in its natural setting with accompanying landscapes and skyscapes as varied and unique as her stylistic expressions. She serves this inimitable beauty and hopes that her art inspires others in their own conservation efforts. Judy is also a versatile writer of creative nonfiction and a composer of music which can be heard in many of her videos. Her YouTube channel alone has well over 1100 subscribers. ...