{"id":16634,"date":"2013-07-02T04:55:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T10:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=16634"},"modified":"2013-07-02T04:55:36","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T10:55:36","slug":"great-horned-owls-in-a-hay-barn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/02\/great-horned-owls-in-a-hay-barn\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Horned Owls In A Hay Barn"},"content":{"rendered":"

I normally don’t post images like these – taken in crappy light and in such an unattractive setting but when it comes to owls and interesting\/amusing behaviors I’ll occasionally make an exception.<\/p>\n

I often visit this metal hay barn just to check up on its resident Great Horned Owls though I seldom photograph them because of the poor light and unappealing metal backgrounds.\u00a0 But four days ago I couldn’t resist firing off a few shots because what I was seeing through the viewfinder amused me.<\/p>\n

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This adult was perched on a reinforcing cable that was so close to the roof that his head touched it and its ear tufts (“horns”) were scrunched down flat.\u00a0 The bird seemed to be making every effort to appear dignified and haughty but to my eye it failed miserably.<\/p>\n

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This is an adult of a mated pair on the right and a single fledgling perched on a narrow, metal beam.<\/p>\n

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As I watched them it became obvious that the adult wanted get past the youngster and move down the beam to the left.<\/p>\n

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The adult crouched down very low and tried to squeeze between the wall and the young bird but it must have realized that if it continued its effort there was danger of the fledgling being pushed off the edge of the beam so it…<\/p>\n

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very slowly and carefully backed up…<\/p>\n

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and then both birds looked at me before the adult…<\/p>\n

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chose another means to achieve its goal.\u00a0 It squatted down to take off…<\/p>\n

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and flew around the youngster and a vertical metal post just out of frame to the left.<\/p>\n

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It landed on the beam and then reappeared again as it moved closer to the young bird.<\/p>\n

There’s more than one way to skin a cat…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0 I’m curious about the right half of the tail feathers\u00a0of the fledgling.\u00a0 They appear to be much lighter in color than the rest of the tail and I’m wondering if there isn’t some leucism going on.\u00a0 Any thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m curious about the right half of the tail feathers of the fledgling. They appear to be much lighter in color than the rest of the tail and I’m wondering if there isn’t some leucism going on. <\/p>\n

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