{"id":6693,"date":"2012-12-02T04:56:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T11:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6693"},"modified":"2025-02-15T10:55:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T16:55:24","slug":"short-eared-owl-at-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/02\/short-eared-owl-at-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-eared Owl at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to a crash in the vole population at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge last summer there weren’t many Short-eared Owls around the refuge but the few that were there were real beauties.<\/p>\n

\"PerchedPerched Short-eared Owl\u00a0at Red Rock Lakes – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/800, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited or set up<\/span><\/p>\n

This female Short-eared Owl was perched on a fence post in the light of the setting sun with a part of the Upper Lake in the background.\u00a0\u00a0With the breeze blowing even her short ear tufts were visible.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Due to a crash in the vole population at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge last summer there weren’t many Short-eared Owls around the refuge but the few that were there were real beauties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140050,"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":[1513,27,223,12,608,130],"tags":[4114,4021,2663,2192,4070,898,3967,294,2415,4104,3971],"class_list":["post-6693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-avian","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","category-short-eared-owls","tag-asio-flammeus","tag-bird-photography","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-ear-tufts","tag-female","tag-fence-post","tag-owl","tag-owls","tag-owls-of-montana","tag-perched","tag-short-eared-owl"],"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