{"id":34180,"date":"2015-09-22T06:04:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T12:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=34180"},"modified":"2015-09-22T06:04:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T12:04:30","slug":"juvenile-burrowing-owl-a-dynamic-athletic-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/22\/juvenile-burrowing-owl-a-dynamic-athletic-takeoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Burrowing Owl – A Dynamic, Athletic Takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

This dynamic push-off from the perch at takeoff\u00a0reminds me of a sprinter coming out of the starting blocks.<\/p>\n

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\"burrowing1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 400, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I photographed this young bird in Box Elder County, Utah about two months ago\u00a0as it launched from an extremely weathered old fence post.\u00a0 I especially like the horizontal angle of attack, the right foot pushing off the perch and the left foot appearing to move into position like that of a runner preparing to take the next step during acceleration. Typically I’d prefer the wings to be\u00a0further extended than this but in this case I’m fine with the more\u00a0streamlined effect of this wing position.<\/p>\n

Photographing these young birds at takeoff was extremely challenging because they were practicing their very limited skills and you never knew at what angle or which direction they would launch. Sometimes they took off almost vertically but they could launch\u00a0horizontally like this or even head downward\u00a0for their burrow which was just below this perch.<\/p>\n

The adults were a bit more predictable but they weren’t as much fun…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This dynamic push-off from the perch at takeoff reminds me of a sprinter coming out of the starting blocks.<\/p>\n

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