{"id":7891,"date":"2013-03-19T03:55:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T09:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=7891"},"modified":"2025-10-13T06:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:31:27","slug":"burrowing-owls-draw-me-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/03\/19\/burrowing-owls-draw-me-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Burrowing Owls Draw Me In"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Juvenile Burrowing Owl looking right at me – Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/750, ISO 250, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week I spotted my first Burrowing Owl of the year, it was a\u00a0distance away and I didn’t take any images of it but I had to do a wiggle dance in my seat because I was excited seeing one again. The adults are beautiful and the juveniles; well they draw me in.<\/p>\n

\"BurrowingBurrowing Owl juvenile looking at something in the distance\u00a0– Nikon D200, f8, 1\/500, ISO 320, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Juvenile Burrowing Owls<\/span><\/a> can look very serious and they can also appear rather funny, they are very animated and entertaining and they make fantastic subjects. Photographing them is a joy.<\/p>\n

Can’t wait!<\/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":"

Last week I spotted my first Burrowing Owl of the year, it was a distance away and I didn’t take any images of it but I had to do a wiggle dance in my seat because I was excited seeing one again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160023,"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":[511,27,52,9,26],"tags":[58,55,4021,4214,4067,4071,519,4035,30,4516,102,4032],"class_list":["post-7891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-burrowing-owls","category-owls","category-utah","tag-antelope-island-sp","tag-athene-cunicularia","tag-bird-photography","tag-burrowing-owl","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-utah-2","tag-western-burrowing-owl","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography"],"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