{"id":3078,"date":"2013-04-13T22:30:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T06:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2013-04-13T22:30:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T06:30:27","slug":"coopers-barn-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3078","title":{"rendered":"Cooper’s & Barn Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mixed bag with the weather today being on the cool side with a brief stint of hail for good measure. In spite of this it was pleasant enough with some sunshine in the mix. There is one spot where I watch a Cooper’s Hawk pair each year. About a week ago I only noticed one, but today I managed to see both. I had been watching the female off in a stand of trees when I heard the male calling from a tree behind me.<\/p>\n

\"Cooper's
Cooper’s Hawk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He had flown in with some prey and was calling to the female. He then delivered\u00a0the food to the female which is\u00a0part of the courting behaviour.<\/p>\n

\"Cooper's
Cooper’s Hawk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He then roosted in a nearby tree,<\/p>\n

\"Cooper's
Cooper’s Hawk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… while she ate. I did observe some mating behaviour as well, but was not able to photograph it. Looks like the Cooper’s Hawks\u00a0will be nesting in the area again this year.<\/p>\n

On my way back to the car I noticed a crow chasing an owl down into the bottom of some small trees. I sat back and waited,<\/p>\n

\"Barn
Barn Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… and much to my delight a Barn Owl emerged and took flight.<\/p>\n

\"Barn
Barn Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It made a couple of passes while hunting for voles in the field. It has been several years since I last photographed a Barn Owl.<\/p>\n

\"Barn
Barn Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These are also my first flight shots of one, so it was definitely the highlight of the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A mixed bag with the weather today being on the cool side with a brief stint of hail for good measure. In spite of this it was pleasant enough with some sunshine in the mix. There is one spot where I watch a Cooper’s Hawk pair each year. About a week ago I only noticed … Continue reading “Cooper’s & Barn Owl”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[194,54],"class_list":["post-3078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","tag-barn-owl","tag-coopers-hawk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3085,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions\/3085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}