{"id":21570,"date":"2014-01-21T06:51:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T13:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=21570"},"modified":"2014-01-21T06:51:16","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T13:51:16","slug":"perched-barn-owl-actually-doing-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/21\/perched-barn-owl-actually-doing-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Perched Barn Owl Actually Doing Something"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not often that I photograph a perched Barn Owl doing anything but resting.\u00a0 Opening and closing their eyes is about as exciting as it usually gets.<\/p>\n

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

1\/1250, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I photographed this owl about a month ago at Farmington Bay.\u00a0 It had been hunting from low perches like this bunch of phragmites that had been downed by heavy snow\u00a0and here\u00a0the bird is listening for voles in the snow below it.<\/p>\n

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

\u00a01\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4,\u00a0 not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But then it began to do a little grooming with its feet and it did so very slowly and\u00a0carefully – those talons are dangerous this close to the eye.\u00a0 Barn Owls are known for using their forward two claws to scratch their head, facial disc and the area around the beak.<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0\u00a01\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4,\u00a0 not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0The bird must have read “the book” because that’s exactly what it did next.<\/p>\n

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

\u00a01\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO640, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4,\u00a0 not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And then it cleaned its “scratchers”.\u00a0 The bird kept its nictitating membrane closed during most of this process for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n

I absolutely adore Barn Owls and I certainly don’t begrudge them their usual lack of interesting behavior during daylight which is the typical time for this nocturnal species to be resting and sleeping.\u00a0 After all, I’m not particularly animated or vivacious during my normal sleeping time either…<\/p>\n

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

It’s not often that I photograph a perched Barn Owl doing anything but resting. Opening and closing their eyes is about as exciting as it usually gets.<\/p>\n

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