{"id":8156,"date":"2013-04-21T03:45:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T09:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=8156"},"modified":"2025-02-19T05:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T11:31:48","slug":"burrowing-owl-juvenile-on-a-sagebrush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/04\/21\/burrowing-owl-juvenile-on-a-sagebrush\/","title":{"rendered":"Burrowing Owl Juvenile On A Sagebrush"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JuvenileJuvenile Burrowing Owl attempting to regain its balance<\/span><\/p>\n

I can’t resist photographing Burrowing Owls, I just can’t. They are so much fun to see and observe. I photographed this juvenile Burrowing Owl last year as it tried to get its balance back while perched on a sagebrush and the pose and facial expression amuses me.<\/p>\n

I’ve been seeing the Burrowing Owls on the island again, it won’t be too long before there are chicks.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> 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":"

I can’t resist photographing Burrowing Owls, I just can’t. They are so much fun to see and observe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140337,"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":[511,52,1022,26],"tags":[55,2663,4214,11978,4067,4071,3967,294,4353,2817,4057,2315,102,4193],"class_list":["post-8156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-burrowing-owls","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","tag-athene-cunicularia","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-burrowing-owl","tag-desert-island","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-owl","tag-owls","tag-owls-of-utah","tag-sage","tag-sagebrush","tag-summer-3","tag-wildlife","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/burrowing-owl-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-0100.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-27y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8621,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/06\/19\/western-burrowing-owls-are-declining-throughout-their-range\/","url_meta":{"origin":8156,"position":0},"title":"Western 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