{"id":45995,"date":"2017-04-05T05:25:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T11:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=45995"},"modified":"2025-09-13T07:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T12:10:14","slug":"cinnamon-teal-short-eared-owl-red-tailed-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/04\/05\/cinnamon-teal-short-eared-owl-red-tailed-hawk\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinnamon Teal, Short-eared Owl & Red-Tailed Hawk – A Nice Mixture of Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale Cinnamon Teal shaking his feathers in a pond – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/600, ISO 400, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

It was cool, bright and sunny yesterday morning in northern Utah with just a few fluffy clouds hanging over the mountain tops.<\/p>\n

The light was gorgeous when I photographed this male Cinnamon Teal shaking his feathers on a small farm pond, it really showed off the deep cinnamon colors of his plumage and his red eye.<\/p>\n

There were three teals on the pond, one female and two males, and the males chased each other around in front of the female until one finally flew off.<\/p>\n

\"SleepySleepy Short-eared Owl male – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 400, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

My best find of the day was when I spotted a nearly hidden, sleepy looking Short-eared Owl male on a hill in the grass with sagebrush behind him.<\/p>\n

Pointing hm out? Not easy.<\/p>\n

The owl appeared to be just enjoying the warmth of the rising sun while sitting on the ground. I had to photograph him through the grids of a fence but the fence seemed to disappear because it was so far away from the owl that it is just a slight, nearly unnoticeable blur in my images.<\/p>\n

I also spotted two other Short-eared Owl males in flight but they were too far away to photograph, this male was the only one I could get photos of yesterday.<\/p>\n

\"Red-tailedRed-tailed Hawk flying in front of a rock face – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I also saw several Red-tailed Hawks and I was able to photograph this one in flight as it flew past a rock face near the road. The hawk was flying into the north wind when it went past the rock.<\/p>\n

It felt great to photograph a nice mixture of birds yesterday and and to be out enjoying the beautiful scenery of northern Utah.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

It felt great to photograph a nice mixture of birds yesterday and and to be out enjoying the beautiful scenery of northern Utah.<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[27,1148,961,449,130,26],"tags":[4114,2663,4170,2439,4483,126,3747,4169,2386,5777,4062,294,4353,1984,153,5201,4209,4057,4502,3971,5371,972,2063],"class_list":["post-45995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-cinnamon-teals","category-red-tailed-hawks","category-short-eared-owls","category-utah","tag-asio-flammeus","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-jamaicensis","tag-cinnamon-teal","tag-drake","tag-ducks-2","tag-grass","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-utah","tag-hill","tag-male","tag-owls","tag-owls-of-utah","tag-pond","tag-raptors","tag-red-tail-hawk","tag-red-tailed-hawk","tag-sagebrush","tag-shaking","tag-short-eared-owl","tag-sleepy","tag-spatula-cyanoptera","tag-waterfowl"],"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