{"id":39879,"date":"2016-06-05T04:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=39879"},"modified":"2026-01-08T05:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:06:56","slug":"low-light-male-short-eared-owl-in-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/06\/05\/low-light-male-short-eared-owl-in-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Light Male Short-eared Owl in Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My luck with finding and pointing out Short-eared Owls is still on going. I have found quite a few of them flying in the distance, both males and females.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-140004 size-full\" title=\"Clark County male Short-eared Owl\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8398.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8398.jpg\" alt=\"Clark County male Short-eared Owl, Clark County, Idaho\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" 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\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8398-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8398-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8398-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8398-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8398.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Clark County male Short-eared Owl &#8211; Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/200, ISO 800, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Three days ago I spotted this male Short-eared Owl perched on a post in terribly low light in Clark County, Idaho and even though the lighting conditions were awful, I still had to take some images of him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-140005 size-full\" title=\"Low light Short-eared Owl male\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8413.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8413.jpg\" alt=\"Low light Short-eared Owl male, Clark County, Idaho\" width=\"850\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27680%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20680%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27680%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8413-177x142.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8413-200x160.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8413-250x200.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8413-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8413-400x320.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8413-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8413-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8413-800x640.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-low-light-mia-mcpherson-8413.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">Low light Short-eared Owl male &#8211; Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/160, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Short-eared Owl was perched on a thick post close to the road and to railroad tracks and spent the first few minutes I was with him on the post looking around, then he dove to the ground very close to the tracks after something but missed.<\/p>\n<p>After he missed his prey he flew over the railroad tracks and landed on a grassy mound. More photos of him later!<\/p>\n<p>The male Short-eared Owl in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clark_County,_Idaho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Clark County<\/span><\/a>, Idaho was a beauty even in the poor light.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/short-eared-owl-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Short-eared Owl photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The male Short-eared Owl in Clark County, Idaho was a beauty even in the poor 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