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<\/p>\nI believe the adult is the male parent.<\/p>\n
I’ve been unable to go shooting for a while so last night I did some archive-diving for today’s post. This photo goes back 13 years.<\/p>\n
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1\/640, f\/10, ISO 400, Canon 40D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n In the summer of 2009 a pair of Burrowing Owls nested along the Antelope Island causeway within a few feet of the road. Only minutes after dawn on July 7th I found this adult and fairly recently fledged youngster huddled together and apparently enjoying the warmth of the morning sun. I’ve never posted the photo before because my view of the adult on the right, the male I believe, was partially blocked by vegetation so I’ve cropped this version of the photo to a portrait to eliminate most of that vegetation.<\/p>\n Because it was so early in the morning the light was very warm so the colors are unusually rich (I didn’t manipulate colors during processing). I was shooting at f\/10 in an attempt to get both birds as sharp as possible so I had very little shutter speed.<\/p>\n During this summer there were at least two other pairs of Burrowing Owls nesting along the north side of the causeway but given the significant increase in traffic and construction along the causeway in the intervening years it’s probably a good thing they don’t nest there anymore.<\/p>\n I miss the old days.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I believe the adult is the male parent.<\/p>\n