{"id":7181,"date":"2012-08-19T16:30:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T22:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=7181"},"modified":"2012-09-01T19:01:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T01:01:05","slug":"critters-on-my-family-farm-in-glacier-county-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/19\/critters-on-my-family-farm-in-glacier-county-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"Critters On My Family Farm In Glacier County, Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post is an experiment.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m on the road right now, visiting the family\u00a0farm in nw Montana where I grew up.\u00a0 As a result, these images\u00a0were processed on my laptop so I&#8217;m unsure about sharpness, brightness, color and other aspects of processing.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never posted from my laptop before but thought I&#8217;d take a chance and see what happens&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>All three of these images were taken on the farm in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7197\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/19\/critters-on-my-family-farm-in-glacier-county-montana\/great-horned-owl-2658-ron-dudley-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/great-horned-owl-2658-ron-dudley1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,703\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&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;1345363279&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"great horned owl 2658 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/great-horned-owl-2658-ron-dudley1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7197\" title=\"great horned owl 2658 ron dudley\" src=\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/great-horned-owl-2658-ron-dudley1.jpg\" alt=\"great horned owl 2658 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/great-horned-owl-2658-ron-dudley1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/great-horned-owl-2658-ron-dudley1-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/great-horned-owl-2658-ron-dudley1-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/great-horned-owl-2658-ron-dudley1-400x312.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a01\/800, f\/11, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0There has been a breeding pair of Great Horned Owls on the farm for many years now, residing in the multiple old barns and granaries.\u00a0 This is the male.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7198\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/19\/critters-on-my-family-farm-in-glacier-county-montana\/white-tailed-deer-2926\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/white-tailed-deer-2926.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"754,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"white-tailed-deer-2926\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/white-tailed-deer-2926.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7198\" title=\"white-tailed-deer-2926\" src=\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/white-tailed-deer-2926.jpg\" alt=\"white-tailed-deer-2926\" width=\"754\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/white-tailed-deer-2926.jpg 754w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/white-tailed-deer-2926-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/white-tailed-deer-2926-125x150.jpg 125w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/white-tailed-deer-2926-400x477.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em>\u00a01\/1250, f\/8, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As we came down the hill toward the house this morning I spotted these two White-tail fawns drinking in the creek.\u00a0 It seems to me that they&#8217;re pretty young for so late in the year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7200\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/19\/critters-on-my-family-farm-in-glacier-county-montana\/gray-partridge-2434-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gray-partridge-2434-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,664\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&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;1345313271&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gray partridge 2434 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gray-partridge-2434-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7200\" title=\"gray partridge 2434 ron dudley\" src=\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gray-partridge-2434-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"gray partridge 2434 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gray-partridge-2434-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gray-partridge-2434-ron-dudley-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gray-partridge-2434-ron-dudley-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gray-partridge-2434-ron-dudley-400x295.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1\/800, f\/11, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Gray Partridge is common on the farm but extremely difficult to approach.\u00a0 This is as close as I&#8217;ve been able to get so far but you can bet I&#8217;ll be working to get closer until we leave for home. (I was at f\/11 because I was trying to photograph multiple birds as they scurried through the grass).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This species used to be called the Hungarian Partridge, so everyone up here has always called them &#8220;huns&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So far it&#8217;s been a great trip and I hope to have lots of images to post when we return.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is an experiment. I&#8217;m on the road right now, visiting the family\u00a0farm in nw Montana where I grew up.\u00a0 As a result, these images\u00a0were processed on my laptop so I&#8217;m unsure about sharpness, brightness, color and other aspects of processing.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never posted from my laptop before but thought I&#8217;d take a chance and see what happens&#8230; All three of these images were taken on the farm in the last 24 hours. &nbsp; \u00a01\/800, f\/11, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc \u00a0There has been a breeding pair of Great Horned Owls on the farm for many years now, residing in the multiple old barns and granaries.\u00a0 This is the male. &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00a0\u00a01\/1250, f\/8, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc As we came down the hill toward the house this morning I spotted these two White-tail fawns drinking in the creek.\u00a0 It seems to me that they&#8217;re pretty young for so late in the year. &nbsp; &nbsp; 1\/800, f\/11, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc The Gray Partridge is common on the farm but extremely difficult to approach.\u00a0 This is as close as I&#8217;ve been able to get so far but you can bet I&#8217;ll be working to get closer until we leave for home. (I was at f\/11 because I was trying to photograph multiple birds as they scurried through the grass). This species used to be called the Hungarian Partridge, so everyone up here has always called them &#8220;huns&#8221;. So far it&#8217;s been a great trip and I hope to have&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/19\/critters-on-my-family-farm-in-glacier-county-montana\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[334,361],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-family-farm-in-northwest-montana"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zzJh-1RP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181","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=7181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}