{"id":127579,"date":"2024-04-16T03:38:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T08:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=127579"},"modified":"2024-04-16T03:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T08:39:05","slug":"barred-owls-side-by-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/04\/16\/barred-owls-side-by-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Barred Owls Side By Side Plus A Short Video Of Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three days ago, my friend Steve Creek and I had an amazing experience with a mated pair of Barred Owls next to a road at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale and female Barred Owls side by side \u2013 Nikon D500, hand held, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 45,600, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or called in
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The owls were so close to the road that I had to slowly exit Steve’s pickup in order to photograph them, and even then, I opted to take portraits because of their close proximity. The male owl flew in and gently nuzzled the neck of the female as they perched side by side in the tree.<\/p>\n

To make matters worse for me, I had accidentally turned on auto ISO somehow, and my ISO was so high that I could detect noise in my images. It was fairly dark under the canopy of tree branches though, and I did need a high ISO to get the shutter speed I needed.<\/p>\n

But the owls called, and it was wonderful. Amazing. Exciting.<\/p>\n

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I used my cell phone to take a video of the owls calling in the trees. In the video, the male can be seen flying in to join the female. Again, it was dark in the bottomland hardwood forest where these owls were located.<\/p>\n

I’m sure I’m leaving out important bits of information, but you can check out Steve’s post for more about this mated pair of owls<\/span><\/a> and see his video too.<\/p>\n

Until my next Barred Owl post, I leave you with this vision of snuggling owls.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Barred Owl photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three days ago, my friend Steve Creek and I had an amazing experience with a mated pair of Barred Owls next to a road at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3755,27,13973,13974,5362],"tags":[4004,3756,2663,13985,4142,4070,5370,6583,4062,3967,294,4046,153,6456,165,3757],"class_list":["post-127579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barred-owls","category-avian","category-oklahoma","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","category-video","tag-adult","tag-barred-owl","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-bottomland-hardwood-forests","tag-close-up","tag-female","tag-forest","tag-leaves","tag-male","tag-owl","tag-owls","tag-portrait","tag-raptors","tag-side-by-side","tag-spring","tag-strix-varia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/barred-owl-pair-tree-mia-mcpherson-3666.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-xbJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":127529,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/04\/14\/barred-owl-portraits-in-early-morning-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":127579,"position":0},"title":"Barred Owl Portraits In Early Morning Light","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Two days ago I was thrilled to take early morning Barred Owl portraits at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in east central Oklahoma with my friend Steve Creek.","rel":"","context":"In "Barred Owls"","block_context":{"text":"Barred Owls","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/owls\/barred-owls\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bright morning light adult Barred Owl close up, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/barred-owl-adult-morning-oklahoma-mia-mcpherson-3340.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/barred-owl-adult-morning-oklahoma-mia-mcpherson-3340.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/barred-owl-adult-morning-oklahoma-mia-mcpherson-3340.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/barred-owl-adult-morning-oklahoma-mia-mcpherson-3340.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":174209,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/08\/its-barred-owl-nesting-season-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":127579,"position":1},"title":"It’s Barred Owl Nesting Season At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Two days ago my dear friend Steve Creek called me while I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge to let me know about a Barred Owl that was out in the open.","rel":"","context":"In "Barred Owls"","block_context":{"text":"Barred Owls","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/owls\/barred-owls\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Barred Owl adult during nesting season at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3544.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3544.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3544.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3544.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":113940,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/06\/24\/adult-barred-owl-at-sequoyah-nwr\/","url_meta":{"origin":127579,"position":2},"title":"Adult Barred Owl At Sequoyah NWR","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I photographed this adult Barred Owl in nice light yesterday morning at Sequoyah NWR in Oklahoma. 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