The Three Musketeers
by Judi Dressler
Title
The Three Musketeers
Artist
Judi Dressler
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Photograph - Photography
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I got up at 4:30 a.m. to drive up to photograph these little Burrowing Owl babies. They are so entertaining! Here they are still a bit sleepy-looking since they just came out of the burrow and haven't really woken up yet. They get way more active as the bugs get more active - it is very fun to watch them pounce on bugs - or - on anything that could maybe resemble a bug!
Burrowing owls are born underground in burrows, often times these are burrows built by prairie dogs. They hunt crickets, grasshoppers, and other bugs, as well as small mammals such as mice, and small reptiles. Their numbers have declined sharply with human alteration of their habitat and the decline of prairie dogs and ground squirrels.
This photo was taken near Greeley, Colorado, on July 15th, 2017, at 6:20 a.m.
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August 3rd, 2017
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Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #24 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
BASANT SONI
GREAT subject in this image so beautiful that Nominated for a Nomination group Promotion # 24.... Congrats ....Judi .
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Murray Rudd
Congratulations on being featured in the FAA Group 'Raptors.' To ensure your feature remains available over time, post your featured image(s) in the Group's 'Thanks for the Feature / Image Archive.' l/f and p if you allow pinning (https://www.pinterest.ca/tendrelimages/raptors-at-fine-art-america/)
William Tasker
How wonderful to wake up that early in the morning and KNOW that you are going to be seeing something so cool. Your beautiful image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Judi Dressler
Thanks very much, Morris! (just FYI, since you wrote "pair", I think you might have missed the 3rd owl on the far right, blending into the scenery :) )
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