{"id":17379,"date":"2013-08-02T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=17379"},"modified":"2013-08-02T08:34:27","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T14:34:27","slug":"juvenile-burrowing-owls-watching-for-incoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/02\/juvenile-burrowing-owls-watching-for-incoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Burrowing Owls Watching For “Incoming”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning we decided to visit Bear River Bird Refuge to see if we could find some interesting photo\u00a0opportunities with birds but we were largely unsuccessful (at least I was).\u00a0\u00a0 The drought and hot weather (and some dike construction)\u00a0have reduced access to birds at the refuge quite dramatically so we headed even further north to where we\u00a0knew some Burrowing Owls were active.<\/p>\n

The burrow of these owls is at the base of this huge (you can only see part of it) lichen-encrusted rock and the owls seemed to enjoy perching on it.\u00a0 These juveniles were having a blast with their flight maneuvers.\u00a0 They perched, launched and returned to the rock\u00a0repeatedly.<\/p>\n

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\"burrowing<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a01\/3200. f\/8, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In this image one juvie has taken off while another is incoming.\u00a0 That bird can’t be seen but the evidence is in the shadow on the rock at lower right and the following gaze of two of its siblings on the rock.<\/p>\n

This isn’t a typical image for me (I usually post individual birds, large in the frame) but I liked the behavior, the bird in flight, the interesting rock, the shadows of the two birds in flight and the upward gaze of the two siblings.<\/p>\n

Besides, it’s almost unheard of for me to get this many birds sharp and see all of\u00a0their eyes too…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The burrow of these owls is at the base of this huge lichen-encrusted rock and the owls seemed to enjoy perching on it. These juveniles were having a blast with their flight maneuvers.<\/p>\n

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