owlet – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Great Horned Owl Chick In Coastal Florida

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-05T04:03:51-06:00March 5th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: barrier island, birds of prey, Bubo virginianus, chick, coastal, coastal island, coastal key, dead tree, Great Horned Owl, Gulf Coast, immature, owl, owlet, owls, pine forest, raptors, slash pine forest, snag, tree, winter, young|

This image of a Great Horned Owl chick resting near its nest on the coast Florida in lovely afternoon light brings back wonderful memories for me. It was 2008.

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Sharing Sunrise With Short-eared Owl Chicks

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-04T10:49:43-05:00May 15th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: Asio flammeus, birds of prey, brush, chick, dawn, juvenile, morning light, owl, owlet, owls, Owls of Utah, roadside, Short-eared Owl, sunrise, young|

I spent a few minutes photographing some of the cutest Short-eared Owl chicks that were just the width of a ditch away from the road that May morning.

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Portrait of a Great Horned Owl Chick in a Hay Barn

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-05T04:57:46-06:00May 20th, 2016|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Great Horned Owls, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Bubo virginianus, chick, desert island, fledgling, Great Horned Owl, hay barn, immature, juvenile, man made, nest boxes, owl, owlet, owls, Owls of Utah, portrait, spring, young|

This portrait of a Great Horned Owl chick in a hay barn might not have been taken in the most aesthetically pleasing location but I don't think the owlet gives a hoot about the rusty iron beams and corrugated metal walls.

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Juvenile Burrowing Owl Balancing Act

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:06:08-06:00May 12th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Burrowing Owls, Utah|Tags: Athene cunicularia, balancing, barbed wire, birds of prey, Burrowing Owl, juvenile, owlet, owls, young|

I photographed this juvenile Burrowing Owl balancing act last year in northern Utah not long after the sun came up

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Farewell to 2015 – Owl See You in 2016

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-04T11:46:04-06:00December 31st, 2015|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Burrowing Owls, Utah|Tags: Athene cunicularia, birds of prey, Burrowing Owl, immature, juvenile, owl, owlet, owls, relaxed, resting, Species of Concern, summer, water trough, Western Burrowing Owl, young|

I don't know how many hours I have spent in the field photographing birds and wildlife this year but I know that every moment has been special and I treasure that.

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Portrait of a Fledgling Great Horned Owl

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-05T07:54:01-06:00December 5th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: barn, birds of prey, close up, farmlands, fledgling, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, owl, owlet, owls, portrait, raptors, summer, tripod, young|

When I can be close enough to see into the eyes of a fledgling Great Horned Owl and take a portrait of it I feel honored and enchanted.

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Great Horned Owl Chick on Honeymoon Island State Park

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-04T16:41:39-06:00August 28th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: birds of prey, Bubo virginianus, chick, fledgling, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, key, nest, owl, owlet, owls, sky, snag, tree, winter, young|

I spent about three months in 2008 watching a Great Horned Owl nest on Honeymoon Island State Park in Florida from hatching until this young owl fledged.

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Great Horned Owl fledgling and an old granary

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-04T16:56:13-06:00March 2nd, 2015|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: bird photography, birds, birds of prey, Bubo virginianus, chick, farmland, fledgling, granary, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, old building, owl, owlet, owls, summer, wood, young|

This morning winter is trying to creep back into northern Utah but I am thinking of warmer weather, Montana and Great Horned Owls.

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Great Horned Owl and fledgling strongly backlit by the setting sun

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-04T16:51:46-06:00March 16th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, back lit, barrier island, branch, Bubo virginianus, chick, coastal island, feeding, fledgling, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, key, owl, owlet, owls, pine, slash pine forest, tree, winter, young|

What can I say about this image of an adult Great Horned Owl feeding its young that is strongly back lit by the setting sun on Honeymoon Island State Park in Florida?

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Missing Montana’s Great Horned Owls

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-05T09:09:30-06:00November 25th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: adults, Bubo virginianus, farm, farmland, fledgling, granary, immature, juvenile, mated pair, mates, owl, owlet, owls, young|

Great Horned Owls and old wood just seem to go together, the warm tones of the wood are a great compliment to the same tones in the plumage of Great Horned Owls.

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Young Great Horned Owl is a Tiger of the Sky in the making

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-05T09:21:06-06:00October 17th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: barn, bird photography, Bubo virginianus, chick, farmlands, fledgling, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, nature, owl, owlet, owls, summer, Tiger of the Sky, young|

I love the descriptive name "Tiger of the Sky" when referring to Great Horned Owls, they are fierce, fearless and ferocious and the young owl in the image above is a 'Tiger in the Sky" in the making.

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Great Horned Owlet in a granary window

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-05T05:13:32-06:00June 24th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: barn, Bubo virginianus, chick, farmlands, fledgling, granary, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, owl, owlet, owls, Owls of Montana, window|

I'm extremely fond of owls, it might be their forward facing eyes that draws me to them. Of course I love all birds but to me owls are special.

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Great Horned Owlet on a Montana Farm

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-05T05:20:31-06:00March 14th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: barn, bird photography, birds, Bubo virginianus, chick, farmland, fledgling, Glacier County, granary, Great Horned Owl, juvenile, Montana, nature, owl, owlet, owls, resting|

People are fascinated by owls, I know I am. It might be that owls have forward facing eyes like this Great Horned Owlet. Those eyes truly draw a person in.

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Great Horned Owl fledgling in a Montana granary window

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-05T05:26:14-06:00February 2nd, 2013|Categories: Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana, Nesting Birds|Tags: barn, birds of prey, Bubo virginianus, fledgling, granary, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, nesting, old wood, owl, owlet, owls, window, young|

Currently throughout the breeding range of Great Horned Owls the owls have either begun to nest or have nested already. Great Horned Owls have a large range and are found in the U.S., Canada and Central America.

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Great Horned Owl Fledgling

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-05T05:08:07-06:00August 20th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: birding, birds of prey, Bubo virginianus, farmlands, fledgling, granary, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, old wood, owl, owlet, owls, Owls of Montana, summer, young|

Fluffy Great Horned Owl fledgling + knotty weathered wood + large yellow eyes = Wonderful!

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