{"id":29786,"date":"2015-02-26T05:54:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T12:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=29786"},"modified":"2015-02-26T19:26:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T02:26:39","slug":"great-horned-owls-in-tamarisk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/26\/great-horned-owls-in-tamarisk\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Horned Owls In Tamarisk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tamarisk may be invasive but it can make a nice setting for a Great Horned Owl. Or Two.<\/p>\n

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\"great<\/p>\n

\u00a01\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I photographed this owl several years ago in some Antelope Island\u00a0tamarisk. I posted a different image of this bird some time ago with the owl looking directly at the viewer. I used to\u00a0prefer images of owls looking straight at me but my tastes are changing in that regard. Even though we miss that great look\u00a0at both owl-eyes I like the variety of the bird looking\u00a0to the\u00a0side, especially since most owl images we see have the bird looking straight ahead. And I enjoy it when the bird is looking at something other than the photographer.<\/p>\n

I like the look at those impressive and powerful feet and\u00a0talons.\u00a0Research shows that it takes a force of 13 kg to open them which is part of the reason they often take prey larger than themselves, even the occasional Great Blue Heron.<\/p>\n

Eleven days after this image was taken…<\/p>\n

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\"great<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a01\/800, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I photographed the owl in the same tree and on the same branch (it was a little bedraggled because it was wet from dew).\u00a0 At least I assumed (for much too long) that it was the same owl. It wasn’t. Eventually closer inspection of the images revealed that they were two different birds – notice that this one is significantly lighter in color\u00a0than the first bird and its markings are different. I suspect that they may have been a mated pair. Neither bird moved around on the perch a lot so I didn’t get much variety in poses but…<\/p>\n

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\"great<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a01\/8000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

the second owl did wink at me once.<\/p>\n

Must have been the female…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0 Since these images were taken this grove of tamarisk has been cut down, apparently in an effort to control the invasive.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tamarisk may be invasive but it can make a nice setting for a Great Horned Owl. Or Two.<\/p>\n

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