{"id":96043,"date":"2021-03-14T06:13:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T12:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=96043"},"modified":"2021-03-14T06:13:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T12:13:47","slug":"burrowing-owl-siblings-posing-up-a-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/14\/burrowing-owl-siblings-posing-up-a-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Burrowing Owl Siblings Posing Up A Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Usually I find birds to be reluctant to give me interesting poses but in this group of young Burrowing Owls posing seemed to be contagious.<\/p>\n

On this day nearly five years ago I had a truly delightful session with an entire family of Burrowing Owls in Box Elder County. I don’t remember how many youngsters there were but there was a bunch of them enjoying the morning sun as they perched on and near an old fence in the vicinity of their burrow.<\/p>\n

I captured lots of interesting photos that morning but I’ve been hesitant to post too many of them because I quickly tire of the boring tan backgrounds we get so often around here in summer. Hopefully the interesting poses from such appealing young birds compensate for the boring backgrounds. I posted some of these photos back in 2016.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 400, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Interesting poses seemed to come in bunches. I spent a lot of time twiddling my thumbs because not much was happening but eventually this young bird broke out into a long, languid wing and leg stretch while ‘he’ was balancing on one foot.<\/p>\n

His performance seemed to inspire one of his nearby siblings perched on a…<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

gnarly old fence post nearby. This second bird did almost exactly the same thing but with his body turned at a different angle to me so the photos look completely different.<\/p>\n

But this bird wasn’t through posing yet.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

He started to preen and when he ran some of his mantle feathers through his bill he pulled one of them all the way up to his right eye. For some reason the pose appeals to me.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

He finished off with this unusual pose. I don’t often like photos of birds with their eyes closed but I like this one.<\/p>\n

For almost five years now I’ve been checking the area of their old burrow every time I drive by it, which is often, but I haven’t seen any burrowing owls there since. Maybe this spring will be different.<\/p>\n

Hope springs eternal.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Usually I find birds to be reluctant to give me interesting poses but in this group of young Burrowing Owls posing seemed to be contagious.<\/p>\n

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