{"id":2478,"date":"2014-03-16T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2014-03-16T20:07:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T00:07:01","slug":"sunday-shots-orange-county-barn-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=2478","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots &#8211; Orange County Barn Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2479\" style=\"width: 3370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7587.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2479\" alt=\"Barn Owl in flight, Orange County NY, 2\/14\/14. \" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7587.jpg\" width=\"3370\" height=\"2408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7587.jpg 3370w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7587-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7587-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7587-419x300.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barn Owl in flight, Orange County NY, February 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These photos of a Barn Owl in Orange County, NY are from early February, 2014. In the best interest of the bird, I have waited until now to post. I put the Barn Owl in the category of<em><strong> Birds I Never Thought I Would Photograph<\/strong><\/em>. What a pleasure and a privilege to see and photograph such an awesome and beautiful bird.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2480\" alt=\"IMG_7576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7576.jpg\" width=\"2891\" height=\"2065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7576.jpg 2891w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7576-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7576-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7576-419x300.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7571.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2481\" alt=\"IMG_7571\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7571.jpg\" width=\"2599\" height=\"1857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7571.jpg 2599w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7571-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7571-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7571-419x300.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7584.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2484\" alt=\"IMG_7584\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7584.jpg\" width=\"2865\" height=\"2046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7584.jpg 2865w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7584-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7584-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7584-420x300.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7551.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2482\" alt=\"IMG_7551\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7551.jpg\" width=\"2492\" height=\"1780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7551.jpg 2492w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7551-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7551-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7551-420x300.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Notable Observations for 3\/16\/14:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Curt McDermott was birding the Black Dirt Region today and located a total of 4 Snowy Owls. Additionally, I joined him at Onion Avenue, where he had 5 Greater White-fronted Geese and one Snow Goose.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2489\" style=\"width: 3217px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0810.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2489\" alt=\"Five Greater White-fronted Geese, Onion Avenue, 3\/16\/14.\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0810.jpg\" width=\"3217\" height=\"2296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0810.jpg 3217w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0810-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0810-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0810-420x300.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five Greater White-fronted Geese, Onion Avenue, 3\/16\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These photos of a Barn Owl in Orange County, NY are from early February, 2014. In the best interest of the bird, I have waited until now to post. I put the Barn Owl in the category of Birds I Never Thought I Would Photograph. What a pleasure and a privilege to see and photograph &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=2478\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday Shots &#8211; Orange County Barn Owl&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-DY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2478"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2490,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions\/2490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}