{"id":39927,"date":"2016-06-04T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=39927"},"modified":"2016-06-03T05:23:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T11:23:32","slug":"idaho-short-eared-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/04\/idaho-short-eared-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Short-eared Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technically this is an Idaho owl but I found it yesterday morning\u00a0only about a mile from the Montana border. It was just after dawn and the clouds were thick so I had very little light but the male owl was cooperative to help make up for the conditions.<\/p>\n

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\"short-eared1\/200, f\/9, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/strong><\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

He was hunting from a weathered post very near the road. Not long after this shot was taken he attempted to pounce on an apparent nearby vole but he missed it and soon flew to another low perch. I was able to photograph him in all three places so I may post some of those images in the future.<\/p>\n

Regular readers know that I’ve photographed many Short-eared Owls in Utah this spring but I’ve also been pleasantly surprised by how many of them I’ve seen in southwest Montana and Idaho\u00a0this trip.<\/p>\n

I’m hoping that suggests a good year for this species in the entire Intermountain West. They deserve the success after struggling so much in recent years.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Technically this is an Idaho owl but I found it yesterday morning only about a mile from the Montana border.<\/p>\n

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