{"id":6839,"date":"2012-12-19T06:27:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T13:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6839"},"modified":"2025-10-13T04:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T09:56:46","slug":"fledgling-burrowing-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/19\/fledgling-burrowing-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"Fledgling Burrowing Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JuvieJuvie Burrowing Owl in rabbitbrush – Nikon D200, f6.3, 1\/320, ISO 320, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

This is an image I created a few years ago of a fledgling Burrowing Owl on the way to Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The burrow was just off of the shoulder of the road so getting images while staying in the vehicle and using it as a mobile blind was easy.<\/p>\n

This fledgling Burrowing Owl was just learning to fly at the time and wasn’t always great at landing. When I took this image it had made a soft crash landing into the rabbitbrush and it was trying to get its balance back.<\/p>\n

I could not resist laughing as I watched the young owl fluttered its wings but my laughing did make it hard to keep my focus locked on.<\/p>\n

These Burrowing Owls are amazing and funny subjects that are tremendous fun to photograph.<\/p>\n

There is finally some clearing in the clouds here so I’m heading out to find some birds to photograph, hope I remember how to use my camera!<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This fledgling Burrowing Owl was just learning to fly at the time and wasn’t always great at landing. When I took this image it had made a soft crash landing into the Rabbitbrush and it was trying to get its balance back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160018,"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":[511,27,52,26],"tags":[55,4021,2663,4214,4141,4067,4071,4123,3967,294,4353,4289,2315],"class_list":["post-6839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-burrowing-owls","category-utah","tag-athene-cunicularia","tag-bird-photography","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-burrowing-owl","tag-fledgling","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-landing","tag-owl","tag-owls","tag-owls-of-utah","tag-rabbitbrush","tag-summer-3"],"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