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Female Short-eared Owl Stretching One Wing

By Mia McPherson|May 29th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: adult, Asio flammeus, birds of prey, female, fence post, moss, owl, owls, Owls of Utah, perched, ranchlands, Short-eared Owl, spring, stretching, wet meadow, wing|

I really liked this frame of the female Short-eared Owl stretching on a leaning fence post because of the eye contact, the view of her talons, fanned out tail and extended wing.

Perched Red-shouldered Hawk adult at Myakka River State Park

By Mia McPherson|October 31st, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Myakka River State Park, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sarasota County|Tags: adult, air plants, birds of prey, branch, Buteo lineatus, forest, hardwood forest swamp, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, lichen, moss, oak hammock, perched, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, Spanish Moss, tillandsia, trees|

Back in early 2009 I was wandering with some friends in a hammock at Myakka River State Park, Florida when we came across this Red-shouldered Hawk.