{"id":8816,"date":"2012-10-31T12:55:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T18:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=8816"},"modified":"2012-10-31T18:43:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T00:43:00","slug":"great-horned-owl-on-antelope-island-causeway-this-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/31\/great-horned-owl-on-antelope-island-causeway-this-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Horned Owl On Antelope Island Causeway This Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a quick post to report what was an unusual event this morning, at least for me.\u00a0 This is simply a documentary post, as the photos are of mediocre quality.<\/p>\n

In the hundreds of mornings I’ve spent on the island, I’ve never seen a Great Horned Owl along the causeway.\u00a0 This one was perched on some rocks on the\u00a0south side of the first bridge.<\/p>\n

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But it flew a quarter-mile west before I got any shots off\u00a0so I followed it and just as I was about to click the shutter it took off again and headed back to the same area by the first bridge…<\/p>\n

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where it perched on another rock.<\/p>\n

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After a few minutes…<\/p>\n

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it\u00a0took off once again…<\/p>\n

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and\u00a0headed\u00a0almost straight for me.\u00a0\u00a0This is the last shot I got before it disappeared below the rabbitbrush along the side of the bridge.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to the generous couple who approached my vehicle as I was photographing a coyote on the other side of the bridge (where the light was at a much better angle) and told us about this owl.\u00a0 Without their kind notification we’d have never even known the bird was there.<\/p>\n

I’ve seen and photographed GHO’s multiple times on the island,\u00a0in a variety of settings, but had never before seen one on the causeway.\u00a0 And it was even relatively late in the morning (10:30 AM) which surprised me further, since it was so much out in the open.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just a quick post to report what was an unusual event this morning, at least for me.\u00a0 This is simply a documentary post, as the photos are of mediocre quality. In the hundreds of mornings I’ve spent on the island, I’ve never seen a Great Horned Owl along the causeway.\u00a0 This one was perched on some rocks on the\u00a0south side of the first bridge.   But it flew a quarter-mile west before I got any shots off\u00a0so I followed it and just as I was about to click the shutter it took off again and headed back to the same area by the first bridge…   where it perched on another rock.   After a few minutes…   it\u00a0took off once again…   and\u00a0headed\u00a0almost straight for me.\u00a0\u00a0This is the last shot I got before it disappeared below the rabbitbrush along the side of the bridge. Many thanks to the generous couple who approached my vehicle as I was photographing a coyote on the other side of the bridge (where the light was at a much better angle) and told us about this owl.\u00a0 Without their kind notification we’d have never even known the bird was there. I’ve seen and photographed GHO’s multiple times on the island,\u00a0in a variety of settings, but had never before seen one on the causeway.\u00a0 And it was even relatively late in the morning (10:30 AM) which surprised me further, since it was so much out in the open. Ron<\/p>\n

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