{"id":14789,"date":"2014-04-19T05:24:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T11:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14789"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:11:55","slug":"a-goofy-look-from-a-short-eared-owl-in-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/04\/19\/a-goofy-look-from-a-short-eared-owl-in-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"Goofy Look From A Short-eared Owl In Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-148869 size-full\" title=\"Goofy look from a Short-eared Owl, Glacier County, Montana\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-goofy-mia-mcpherson-3985.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-goofy-mia-mcpherson-3985.jpg\" alt=\"Goofy look from a Short-eared Owl, Glacier County, Montana\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"14788\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20640%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-goofy-mia-mcpherson-3985-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-goofy-mia-mcpherson-3985-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-goofy-mia-mcpherson-3985-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-goofy-mia-mcpherson-3985.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A goofy look from a Short-eared Owl &#8211; Nikon D200, f6.3, 1\/320, ISO 400, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Most of the time the birds and animals I photograph look majestic, elegant or their\u00a0poses convey action but some times they look just plain goofy. It seems that owls in particular can get into funny poses or have goofy expressions like this male Short-eared Owl I photographed in Glacier County, Montana during a lovely golden sunset. The Short-eared Owl was peering at something in the\u00a0barley field across the road, what ever it was I couldn&#8217;t see it.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy your Saturday!<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/owls\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Short-eared Owl photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the time the birds and animals I photograph look majestic, elegant or their poses convey action but some times they look just plain goofy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,860,12,130],"tags":[4004,4114,2663,4433,730,294,2415,4104,3971],"class_list":["post-14789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-glacier-county","category-montana","category-short-eared-owls","tag-adult","tag-asio-flammeus","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-evening-light","tag-goofy","tag-owls","tag-owls-of-montana","tag-perched","tag-short-eared-owl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-goofy-mia-mcpherson-3985.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-3Qx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12361,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/12\/29\/a-short-eared-owl-in-glacier-county-montana\/","url_meta":{"origin":14789,"position":0},"title":"Short-eared Owl in Glacier County, Montana","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Two years ago I photographed this male Short-eared Owl in Glacier County, Montana on a fence post on the perimeter of some CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) land on an August evening.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Birds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Short-eared Owl in Glacier County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-montana-mia-mcpherson-3647.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-montana-mia-mcpherson-3647.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-montana-mia-mcpherson-3647.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2934,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/08\/19\/friday-photos-short-eared-owl-in-glacier-county-montana\/","url_meta":{"origin":14789,"position":1},"title":"Friday Photos &#8211; Short-eared Owl in Glacier County, Montana","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I am always looking for the unexpected birds to show up in locations where I might not expect them them to be and this Short-eared Owl was a bit of a nice surprise.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Glacier County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Glacier County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/glacier-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Short-eared Owl posing pretty, Glacier County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-cut-bank-mia-mcpherson-3624.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-cut-bank-mia-mcpherson-3624.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-cut-bank-mia-mcpherson-3624.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5936,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/08\/15\/short-eared-owl-bathed-in-evening-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":14789,"position":2},"title":"Short-eared Owl bathed in evening light","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This Short-eared Owl image was taken just a little over a year ago in Glacier County, Montana. I still remember how cooperative this male was, the gorgeous golden light of the setting sun and the great location.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Birds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Short-eared Owl bathed in evening light, Glacier County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-mia-mcpherson-4007.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-mia-mcpherson-4007.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-mia-mcpherson-4007.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 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