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<\/p>\nI think this photo is pretty intense.<\/p>\n
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1\/1250, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Last night I discovered I’d never posted this shot to my blog and that really surprised me because I like it very much. It may look familiar to long-time followers of Feathered Photography because I’ve posted other similar photos in the series but this one is new to my blog.<\/p>\n The male owl had just lifted off from the larger clump of sagebrush we see at the bottom of the frame and was about to deliver the vole to his mate and two chicks at the nest. Almost immediately after this shot was taken he veered off sharply to our left and flew to the nest which I wasn’t close to. While he was banking and turning in flight he transferred the vole to his beak which he usually did in this situation before he delivered the meal to the female. I think he figured it was safer for him to deliver it that way because she was larger and very aggressive toward him during the transfer. He would just drop the prey on the ground in front of her and quickly vamoose.<\/p>\n I love this shot with him flying very low and looking directly at me so I took the liberty of making it larger than I usually post to my blog (1100 pixels on the long side rather than 900 pixels). He often checked me out like this just before he turned toward the nest, probably for reassurance that I wasn’t a potential threat.<\/p>\n This situation is the only time he ever paid any attention to me and I spent several days with him.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Notes:<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I think this photo is pretty intense.<\/p>\n\n