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<\/p>\nJuvenile Burrowing Owls are just as interested in and curious about\u00a0their own siblings as they are everything else in their environment.<\/p>\n
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\u00a01\/1600, f\/10, ISO 1250, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n They’re constantly watching each other’s antics or waiting for them\u00a0to begin. These two, photographed about 6 weeks ago in Box Elder County,\u00a0kept such a close eye\u00a0on each other that one was nearly always watching the other but I had some difficulty timing a shot that caught reciprocal gazes. The visual interaction is part of what I like about the image.<\/p>\n As one might expect,\u00a0their curiosity occasionally gets them in a little trouble.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a01\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 1250, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n At this location they like to perch on both the fence posts and the wire but the wire is a precarious perch so they have more trouble with it, especially in a breeze.\u00a0The problem is compounded\u00a0when one of their siblings takes off on a practice flight because the perched birds like to watch those in flight. As we all know from our own experience, maintaining one’s balance while looking up isn’t easy. This bird had great difficulty staying on the wire as it watched its sibling in the air but its\u00a0struggles gave me some interesting wing positions that I like.<\/p>\n Some might think that the image needs rotation because of the angle of the wire but this is its true angle as evidenced by the vertical bracing wire. These photos were taken soon after sunrise so the light was still low, thus the high ISO’s.<\/p>\n Burrowing Owls populations have been struggling in recent years but this seems to have been a banner year for them in northern Utah. One day a few weeks ago I estimated that there were about 100 owls in an area of roughly 500 acres\u00a0near this location. I hope that trend continues.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Juvenile Burrowing Owls are just as interested in and curious about their own siblings as they are everything else in their environment.<\/p>\n![\"burrowing](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/burrowing-owl-3134-ron-dudley.jpg\")
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