{"id":36172,"date":"2015-12-28T05:49:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T12:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=36172"},"modified":"2015-12-28T07:39:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T14:39:09","slug":"bear-river-barn-owl-perched-and-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/28\/bear-river-barn-owl-perched-and-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear River Barn Owl, Perched And In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it&#8217;s this cold and snowy Barn Owls are flying during daytime over much of northern Utah. They&#8217;re often not easy to find but when you do locate one they can be fairly cooperative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36176\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/28\/bear-river-barn-owl-perched-and-in-flight\/temperature-5794-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/temperature-5794-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1451203622&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;75&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"temperature 5794 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/temperature-5794-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36176\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/temperature-5794-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"temperature 5794 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/temperature-5794-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/temperature-5794-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/temperature-5794-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/temperature-5794-ron-dudley-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And cold it was as I approached Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge early yesterday morning. It actually reached 1 degree F. and I was hoping for zero or below but we never quite\u00a0made it. And yes, as is obvious here my pickup gets dusty and dirty on my bird photography excursions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3CNXfx5alc4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When we crossed the bridge adjacent to the maintenance building at the refuge these fascinating ice rings were swirling in the current just downstream from the bridge. They&#8217;re circular, raised rings of ice that are frozen in the middle and floating on liquid water.\u00a0For some reason they\u00a0remind me of the tipi rings left behind on our Montana farm by the Blackfeet Indians (that&#8217;s a stretch I know, but they do&#8230;). I&#8217;ve seen this phenomenon at least once before at this same place on the river\u00a0but I can&#8217;t explain how they are formed. If there are any hydrologists out there who can solve this little mystery I&#8217;d be interested in some feedback.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36173\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/28\/bear-river-barn-owl-perched-and-in-flight\/barn-owl-3601-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3601-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ron Dudley&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1451208288&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"barn owl 3601 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3601-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36173\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3601-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"barn owl 3601 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3601-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3601-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3601-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3601-ron-dudley-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We found this Barn Owl (and two others) very early in the morning. It was hunting\u00a0canal edges near the road and would occasionally land for a short rest. The sun had only been up for a very few minutes so the light was very warm and I like the golden glow in the entire scene.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36174\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/28\/bear-river-barn-owl-perched-and-in-flight\/barn-owl-3642-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3642-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ron Dudley&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1451208308&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"barn owl 3642 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3642-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36174\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3642-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"barn owl 3642 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3642-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3642-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3642-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3642-ron-dudley-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eventually the owl roused (shook its feathers) and\u00a0took off to go hunting again. I was too close with my tc attached to avoid cutting off its wings as it lifted off.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36175\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/28\/bear-river-barn-owl-perched-and-in-flight\/barn-owl-3719-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3719-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ron Dudley&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1451208539&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"barn owl 3719 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3719-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36175\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3719-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"barn owl 3719 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3719-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3719-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3719-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3719-ron-dudley-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then this bird surprised me by turning back and heading my way several times. This is one of the shots from one of those approaches. I like the symmetry of the bird in the frame as it is anchored by the out of focus phrags at bottom. Though the upper background may look like sky with clouds\u00a0it&#8217;s actually the snow-covered Promontory Mountains.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s usually very difficult to get even one catch light in an eye of a Barn Owl in flight because those eyes are so very deeply set in\u00a0the skull. One of the several advantages of shooting\u00a0this early in the morning is that with the sun so\u00a0low in the sky light often reaches the eye and gives you a catch light which is typically a huge improvement to the image.<\/p>\n<p>I have many more images I like of Barn Owls in flight from yesterday&#8217;s experience in Box Elder County but I&#8217;ve barely had time to peek at them, much less get them culled. I anticipate posting several more of them sometime in the fairly near future.<\/p>\n<p>Ron<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: Barn Owls can easily be harassed during this time of stress when they&#8217;re forced to hunt during daylight. Food energy is at a premium for them and they can&#8217;t afford to have it wasted by being repeatedly chased by photographers, birders or others. I&#8217;d encourage everyone to be respectful of this\u00a0species that we all love.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it&#8217;s this cold and snowy Barn Owls are flying during daytime over much of northern Utah. They&#8217;re often not easy to find but when you do locate one they can be fairly cooperative.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/28\/bear-river-barn-owl-perched-and-in-flight\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[344,338,6,334,16],"tags":[45,49,689,566,146,2788,994,286,453,2789,309,311],"class_list":["post-36172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barn-owls","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge-favorite-locations","category-bird-photography-methods","category-birds","category-photography-ethics","tag-barn-owl","tag-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","tag-box-elder-county","tag-catch-light","tag-flight","tag-ice-rings","tag-rouse","tag-snow","tag-teleconverter","tag-tipi-rings","tag-tyto-alba","tag-utah-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/barn-owl-3719-ron-dudley.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zzJh-9pq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}