{"id":27009,"date":"2015-08-01T05:58:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T11:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=27009"},"modified":"2025-05-23T06:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T11:01:41","slug":"great-horned-owl-in-box-elder-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/08\/01\/great-horned-owl-in-box-elder-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Horned Owl in Box Elder County"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was in far northern Utah yesterday and saw the hawks I expected to see but finding this Great Horned Owl was a bit of a surprise since I wasn’t looking for Great Horned Owls.<\/p>\n

\"GreatGreat Horned Owl in Box Elder County – Nikon D810, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
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After pointing the owl out, I started photographing her or him.<\/p>\n

There were actually two of them but one stayed well hidden in the willow branches. While I would prefer a setting that wasn’t as busy as this one is I also like to show my subjects in their habitat and for this owl this is “home”.<\/p>\n

Maybe next time I am in that area I will find the owl more out in the open, maybe not. I’m just glad to have seen it.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my Great Horned Owl photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was in far northern Utah yesterday and saw the hawks I expected to see but finding this Great Horned Owl was a bit of a surprise since I wasn’t looking for Great Horned Owls. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,1148,209,26],"tags":[4004,4021,2663,6577,4203,4108,6583,3967,294,4353,11852,2315,4427],"class_list":["post-27009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-great-horned-owls","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-branches","tag-bubo-virginianus","tag-great-horned-owl","tag-leaves","tag-owl","tag-owls","tag-owls-of-utah","tag-ranchlands","tag-summer-3","tag-tree"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t