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<\/p>\nAfter yesterday’s incredibly long blog post that included 19 photos I’m taking a semi-break today with a single-photo post.<\/p>\n
Ten days ago I found a nesting female Great Horned Owl in northern Utah and posted a couple of photos of her to my blog. Six days later I visited her again to see how she was doing.<\/p>\n
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1\/640, f\/7.1, ISO 1600, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Not much had changed and I consider that good news. She was still on the nest, either incubating eggs or brooding very young chicks (only females incubate and brood). I haven’t seen the male on either of my visits to the nest but that isn’t surprising since males deliver food to the female\/chicks during the night. They are owls after all.<\/p>\n This photo was taken right at dawn, which explains the extremely warm light (and my camera settings). Seconds later she settled further down on her eggs or young chicks so I could only see the top of her head. At that point I left her to look for other birds.<\/p>\n All’s well, so far.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All’s well, so far.<\/p>\n