{"id":96738,"date":"2021-04-04T05:23:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T11:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=96738"},"modified":"2021-04-04T05:51:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T11:51:33","slug":"short-eared-owl-hunting-a-brush-pile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/04\/short-eared-owl-hunting-a-brush-pile\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-eared Owl Hunting A Brush Pile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Occasionally I see Short-eared Owls hunting from the ground but it’s nearly always from a distance. This guy didn’t care that I was close. Very close, especially for a SEOW.<\/p>\n

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1\/500, 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

I found him, a male I believe, near the Montana\/Idaho border in early June several years ago. I think he felt safe with me so close because it was early morning and he was still in deep shadows cast by low mountains to the east. I was close enough to seriously consider removing my teleconverter for flight shots in case he took off but in the poor light I didn’t have enough shutter speed for action photos so I left it on.<\/p>\n

That brush pile in front of him was another thing that made him ‘sticky’. He must have heard a vole or other prey in there because he was intently interested in it, almost to the point of obsession.<\/p>\n

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1\/500, 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 gave me direct eye contact for only a moment, I’m sure to confirm that I was no threat.<\/p>\n

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1\/400, 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

And then he continued to scrutinize the brush pile. Eventually he gave up and flew a short distance before landing and continuing to hunt from the ground.<\/p>\n

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As I’ve admitted many times I’m a dedicated creature of habit so yesterday morning and for much of the rest of the day I felt like the proverbial fish out of water without posting to Feathered Photography. My primary birding lens is scheduled to be delivered to the Canon Factory Service Center in Costa Mesa, CA sometime tomorrow so soon after that I should know how long repairs will take, how much it will cost and when I’ll get it back. .<\/p>\n

In the meantime my posts to Feathered Photography will likely be intermittent.<\/p>\n

Happy Easter to each and every one of my blog followers.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Occasionally I see Short-eared Owls hunting from the ground but it’s nearly always from a distance. This guy didn’t care that I was close. Very close, especially for a SEOW.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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