{"id":55341,"date":"2018-12-19T05:46:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T12:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55341"},"modified":"2024-02-28T02:39:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T09:39:23","slug":"focusing-on-a-rousing-short-eared-owl-adult-male","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/12\/19\/focusing-on-a-rousing-short-eared-owl-adult-male\/","title":{"rendered":"Focusing On A Rousing Short-eared Owl Adult Male"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RousingRousing adult male Short-eared Owl with an eye on me – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 320, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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This morning I was looking at some of the photos I took in the spring of 2017 for a specific Swainson’s Hawk photo when I came across some images of a male Short-eared Owl I had taken up in northern Utah. I wondered why I hadn’t processed or shared these images so I decided I’d better do that now or I’d forget them again.<\/p>\n

It was early enough in the spring that the sagebrush hadn’t started to green up but the grasses had and that is part of the reason why I like the background in these two photos as much as I do. That little bit of green sure “pops”.<\/p>\n

This adult male Short-eared Owl was perched on a weathered fence post not far from the road when I photographed it rousing and I loved the way it seemed to be looking right as me as it shook its feathers.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult male Short-eared Owl on a weathered fence post in northern Utah – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 320, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The Short-eared Owl’s rousing session was so brief I only took a few images of it before the owl and its feathers settled back down.<\/p>\n

I am very fond of photographing owls and it doesn’t matter to me what species they are, their eyes simply draw me in. Maybe 2019 will be a great year for photographing Short-eared Owls or maybe it won’t be but I know I will be busy looking for them.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Short-eared Owl photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

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