{"id":43632,"date":"2017-01-05T06:30:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T14:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=43632"},"modified":"2017-01-04T19:57:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T03:57:00","slug":"tenacious-little-bugger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/tenacious-little-bugger\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenacious Little Bugger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_43633\" style=\"width: 407px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/No-Pygmy-Owl-0196.jpg?quality=100&#038;ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43633\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/No-Pygmy-Owl-0196.jpg?resize=397%2C600&#038;quality=100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/No-Pygmy-Owl-0196.jpg?w=397&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 397w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/No-Pygmy-Owl-0196.jpg?resize=387%2C585&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No. Pygmy Owl<br \/>captured by D2H \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/688212-USA\/Nikon_2187_AF_S_NIKKOR_200_400mm_f_4G.html\/BI\/8449\/KBID\/9350\/kw\/NI2004004AED\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xNI2004004AED\" target=\"_blank\">200-400VR<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>They are smaller than a dollar bill but take prey twice their size without batting an eye! The No. Pygmy Owl has long been a favorite bird of mine. A lifetime ago we rehabed them and ever since, I&#8217;m always, always looking for them. This one was photographed years ago in Yosemite at the base of Lower Yosemite Falls on my first outing with the then new, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/688212-USA\/Nikon_2187_AF_S_NIKKOR_200_400mm_f_4G.html\/BI\/8449\/KBID\/9350\/kw\/NI2004004AED\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xNI2004004AED\" target=\"_blank\">200-400VR<\/a>. We have them at our the home and every so often, we get a glimpse of them. Years ago I was out shoveling snow off the driveway when I heard this sharp shriek behind me. I turn around to see our friendly Pygmy Owl just ten feet behind me tightly holding a Siskin in its talons it had just caught. Shovels don&#8217;t make a very good camera so all I have is the memory. Yesterday while out shooting with the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/magbeam-kiss-of-light-is-sweet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wildlife Kit<\/a>, I saw a Morning Dove dive down while flying down the alley (our name for a group of trees on our property). Just then out of nowhere a Pygmy Owl, half the size of the dove, stooped on the dove, missed, and then landed just out of site. By the time I got the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1214152-REG\/nikon_1557_d5_dslr_camera_body.html\/BI\/8449\/KBID\/9350\/kw\/NID5XQD\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xNID5XQD\" target=\"_blank\">D5<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1111442-REG\/nikon_2223_af_s_nikkor_300mm_f_4e.html\/BI\/8449\/KBID\/9350\/kw\/NI3004E\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xNI3004E\" target=\"_blank\">300PF<\/a> out, it was flying off. While I keep the gear out all the time for just such subjects, I&#8217;m amazed how many times they kick my butt. It&#8217;s just the fun, challenge and reward of backyard bird photography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They are smaller than a dollar bill but take prey twice their size without batting an eye! The No. Pygmy Owl has long been a favorite bird of mine. 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