{"id":18145,"date":"2014-12-24T17:54:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T00:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=18145"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:14:00","slug":"happy-howlidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/12\/24\/happy-howlidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Howlidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/short-eared-owl-holiday-mia-mcpherson-4309.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-18144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/short-eared-owl-holiday-mia-mcpherson-4309.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/short-eared-owl-holiday-mia-mcpherson-4309.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Howlidays\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/short-eared-owl-holiday-mia-mcpherson-4309-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/short-eared-owl-holiday-mia-mcpherson-4309-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/short-eared-owl-holiday-mia-mcpherson-4309-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/short-eared-owl-holiday-mia-mcpherson-4309-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/short-eared-owl-holiday-mia-mcpherson-4309-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/short-eared-owl-holiday-mia-mcpherson-4309-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/short-eared-owl-holiday-mia-mcpherson-4309-800x571.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/short-eared-owl-holiday-mia-mcpherson-4309.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still waiting for the first major snow storm to arrive as predicted here in Utah and hoping for a white Christmas.\u00a0 The wind is howling and I suspect that when I wake in the morning it will be to a world covered in white.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas Eve with your family, friends and loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>I thought this Short-eared Owl in a snow storm would make a lovely &#8220;card&#8221; for my holiday greeting. 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