{"id":7370,"date":"2013-02-02T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=7370"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:31:46","slug":"great-horned-owl-fledgling-in-a-montana-granary-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/02\/02\/great-horned-owl-fledgling-in-a-montana-granary-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Horned Owl fledgling in a Montana granary window"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GreatGreat Horned Owl fledgling in Glacier County, Montana – Nikon D200, tripod mounted, f6.3, 1\/320, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 272mm, natural light, not baited or\u00a0called in <\/span><\/p>\n

This fledgling Great Horned Owl was photographed in the month of June in Glacier County<\/span><\/a>, Montana in the window of an old granary.<\/p>\n

The strong winds in northern Montana have pushed the granary to a slant. Even at this young age the horns of the owlet were visible.<\/p>\n

Looking at this young Great Horned Owl I can visualize what it will look like as an adult and earns the nickname “Tiger of the Sky”.<\/p>\n

Currently throughout the breeding range of Great Horned Owls the owls have either begun to nest or have nested already.<\/p>\n

Great Horned Owls have a large range and are found in the U.S., Canada and Central America.<\/p>\n

Great Horned Owls can begin breeding as early as November in Florida and as late as May in the most northern part of their range.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Currently throughout the breeding range of Great Horned Owls the owls have either begun to nest or have nested already. Great Horned Owls have a large range and are found in the U.S., Canada and Central America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[860,209,12,945],"tags":[1782,2663,4203,4141,4049,4108,4067,4071,3976,4206,3967,4455,294,4130,4193],"class_list":["post-7370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-glacier-county","category-great-horned-owls","category-montana","category-nesting-birds","tag-barn","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-bubo-virginianus","tag-fledgling","tag-granary","tag-great-horned-owl","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-nesting","tag-old-wood","tag-owl","tag-owlet","tag-owls","tag-window","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/great-horned-owl-fledgling-montana-mia-mcpherson-6831.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1US","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8692,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/06\/24\/great-horned-owlet-in-a-granary-window\/","url_meta":{"origin":7370,"position":0},"title":"Great Horned Owlet in a granary window","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm extremely fond of owls, it might be their forward facing eyes that draws me to them. 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