{"id":555,"date":"2017-11-10T17:25:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T23:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/?p=555"},"modified":"2018-01-02T17:40:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T23:40:33","slug":"looking-for-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/?p=555","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a weekend in Two Harbors teaching and learning all I could absorb at the Aurora Summit, I took a drive to look for wildlife. Icy, snowy roads on the Gunflint Trail had me turn back for home long before dark. I had heard of a Short-eared owl along the shore, and remembered seeing something hovering untraditionally by one of the State Parks. As I swung though the area, I spotted it! Hovering in just about the same place as before, and in front of beautiful fall foliage. Was beyond thrilled when it landed on a rusty pole, so I could get a better look at the gorgeous owl. This was a first for me!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-557\" style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortearedOwl_SE3A7709-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortearedOwl_SE3A7709-copy.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortearedOwl_SE3A7709-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortearedOwl_SE3A7709-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortearedOwl_SE3A7709-copy-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-556\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortearedOwl_SE3A7562-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortearedOwl_SE3A7562-copy.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortearedOwl_SE3A7562-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortearedOwl_SE3A7562-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortearedOwl_SE3A7562-copy-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Less than two weeks later, I had an opportunity to photograph another one closer to home.\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-558\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortySLR_SE3A9015-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortySLR_SE3A9015-copy.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortySLR_SE3A9015-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortySLR_SE3A9015-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShortySLR_SE3A9015-copy-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watching these owls hunt is a sight to behold!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">After a weekend in Two Harbors teaching and learning all I could absorb at the Aurora Summit, I took a drive to look for wildlife. Icy, snowy roads on the Gunflint Trail had me turn back for home long before dark. 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