{"id":1280,"date":"2014-03-04T15:56:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T21:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2014-03-04T15:56:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T21:56:01","slug":"the-last-hoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Hoot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2014-02-14<\/a><\/p>\n

Valentines Day 2014 was my last extended visit with the snowy of 180th and Hogan. \u00a0My last few encounters I found her less on her perch atop the power poll and more just down the way (on 180th) around some irrigation parts strewn about the field.
\n\"2014-02-14<\/a><\/p>\n

She is a bit challenging to see unless you know where and what to look for. \u00a0She blends in pretty well with her surrounding as nature intended. \u00a0As you can see there is plenty of corn stock debris around for her to hunt.<\/p>\n

\"2014-02-14<\/a><\/p>\n

Look really close; you can see her in the lower right.<\/p>\n

\"2014-02-14<\/a><\/p>\n

I would venture to guess that 180th just outside of Vermillion, MN has not seen as much traffic in earlier years. I have driven 180th a few dozen times over the course of mid January to mid February. \u00a0The above scene is not typical; usually you would see cars alongside the road at some point. \u00a0The high snowbanks that line either side of the road were a bugger to get over to get into the field. \u00a0It wasn’t long and the farmer began to plow paths into the fields where the snowy would hang out – that was pretty nice and I know, I, along with all other observers really appreciated that.<\/p>\n

I’ve driven through the area a few times since, but have not spotted her. \u00a0There has been significant snowfall since I last seen her. \u00a0I’ve not had an opportunity to drive through during morning or midday; only late afternoon when she is typically off somewhere digesting\/relaxing. \u00a0She was in the area for over a month. \u00a0Perhaps she has moved on. \u00a0It was a wonderful experience to have seen this beautiful creature. \u00a0A very welcome bit of excitement during this seemingly endless and cold winter.<\/p>\n

\n

Here are the my last shots of the little lady.<\/p>\n

\"2014-02-14 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014-02-14 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014-02-14 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014-02-14 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014-02-14 <\/a> <\/div>
\"2014-02-14 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014-02-14 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014-02-14 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014-02-14 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014-02-14 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014-02-14 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014-02-14 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Views: 115<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valentines Day 2014 was my last extended visit with the snowy of 180th and Hogan. \u00a0My last few encounters I found her less on her perch atop the power poll and more just down the way (on 180th) around some irrigation parts strewn about the field. She is a bit challenging to see unless you … Continue reading The Last Hoot<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,176],"tags":[68,42,177,221,1322,43],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","category-wildlife","tag-minnesota","tag-snow","tag-snowy-owl","tag-vermillion","tag-wildlife","tag-winter","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Last Hoot - dantraun.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Last Hoot - dantraun.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Valentines Day 2014 was my last extended visit with the snowy of 180th and Hogan. \u00a0My last few encounters I found her less on her perch atop the power poll and more just down the way (on 180th) around some irrigation parts strewn about the field. She is a bit challenging to see unless you … Continue reading The Last Hoot →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"dantraun.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-04T21:56:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014-02-14-Snowy-Owl-8230.jpg?fit=1680%2C945&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"945\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan Traun\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@traunphoto\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@traunphoto\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan Traun\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dan Traun\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/#\/schema\/person\/cb7891f856907078cfc8e04870209940\"},\"headline\":\"The Last Hoot\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-04T21:56:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/\"},\"wordCount\":313,\"commentCount\":12,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/#\/schema\/person\/cb7891f856907078cfc8e04870209940\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014-02-14-Snowy-Owl-8230.jpg?fit=1680%2C945\",\"keywords\":[\"Minnesota\",\"Snow\",\"Snowy Owl\",\"Vermillion\",\"Wildlife\",\"Winter\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Photography\",\"Wildlife\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/\",\"name\":\"The Last Hoot - dantraun.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014-02-14-Snowy-Owl-8230.jpg?fit=1680%2C945\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-04T21:56:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014-02-14-Snowy-Owl-8230.jpg?fit=1680%2C945\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014-02-14-Snowy-Owl-8230.jpg?fit=1680%2C945\",\"width\":1680,\"height\":945},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Last Hoot\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/\",\"name\":\"dantraun.com\",\"description\":\"DAN TRAUN - Photographer\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/#\/schema\/person\/cb7891f856907078cfc8e04870209940\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/#\/schema\/person\/cb7891f856907078cfc8e04870209940\",\"name\":\"Dan Traun\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86eb6e640c19cd459e767335f3d7e426f227b1ef9da3cb5c7f814185e0953e86?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86eb6e640c19cd459e767335f3d7e426f227b1ef9da3cb5c7f814185e0953e86?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86eb6e640c19cd459e767335f3d7e426f227b1ef9da3cb5c7f814185e0953e86?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dan Traun\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86eb6e640c19cd459e767335f3d7e426f227b1ef9da3cb5c7f814185e0953e86?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\"},\"description\":\"I revel in every opportunity to capture nature and any other thing wild or unique. Candid photography is a passion of mine. Capturing a specific moment in time\u2026the un-posed and unplanned, immediate and unobtrusiveness of candids is a thrill unsurpassed by all other types of photography in my opinion. Nature photography and capturing the WI & MN country sides is my current focus. I very much enjoy photographing old farmsteads, barns and other historic places with my lovely and talented wife Cyndie. DAN TRAUN PHOTOGRAPHY - RED WING, MN\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/dantraun.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Last Hoot - dantraun.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Last Hoot - dantraun.com","og_description":"Valentines Day 2014 was my last extended visit with the snowy of 180th and Hogan. \u00a0My last few encounters I found her less on her perch atop the power poll and more just down the way (on 180th) around some irrigation parts strewn about the field. She is a bit challenging to see unless you … Continue reading The Last Hoot →","og_url":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/","og_site_name":"dantraun.com","article_published_time":"2014-03-04T21:56:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1680,"height":945,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014-02-14-Snowy-Owl-8230.jpg?fit=1680%2C945&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dan Traun","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@traunphoto","twitter_site":"@traunphoto","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dan Traun","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/"},"author":{"name":"Dan Traun","@id":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/#\/schema\/person\/cb7891f856907078cfc8e04870209940"},"headline":"The Last Hoot","datePublished":"2014-03-04T21:56:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/"},"wordCount":313,"commentCount":12,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/#\/schema\/person\/cb7891f856907078cfc8e04870209940"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014-02-14-Snowy-Owl-8230.jpg?fit=1680%2C945","keywords":["Minnesota","Snow","Snowy Owl","Vermillion","Wildlife","Winter"],"articleSection":["Photography","Wildlife"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/","url":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/","name":"The Last Hoot - dantraun.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014-02-14-Snowy-Owl-8230.jpg?fit=1680%2C945","datePublished":"2014-03-04T21:56:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014-02-14-Snowy-Owl-8230.jpg?fit=1680%2C945","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014-02-14-Snowy-Owl-8230.jpg?fit=1680%2C945","width":1680,"height":945},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/the-last-hoot\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Last Hoot"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/#website","url":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/","name":"dantraun.com","description":"DAN TRAUN - Photographer","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/#\/schema\/person\/cb7891f856907078cfc8e04870209940"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/#\/schema\/person\/cb7891f856907078cfc8e04870209940","name":"Dan Traun","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86eb6e640c19cd459e767335f3d7e426f227b1ef9da3cb5c7f814185e0953e86?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86eb6e640c19cd459e767335f3d7e426f227b1ef9da3cb5c7f814185e0953e86?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86eb6e640c19cd459e767335f3d7e426f227b1ef9da3cb5c7f814185e0953e86?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Dan Traun"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86eb6e640c19cd459e767335f3d7e426f227b1ef9da3cb5c7f814185e0953e86?s=96&d=identicon&r=g"},"description":"I revel in every opportunity to capture nature and any other thing wild or unique. Candid photography is a passion of mine. Capturing a specific moment in time\u2026the un-posed and unplanned, immediate and unobtrusiveness of candids is a thrill unsurpassed by all other types of photography in my opinion. Nature photography and capturing the WI & MN country sides is my current focus. I very much enjoy photographing old farmsteads, barns and other historic places with my lovely and talented wife Cyndie. DAN TRAUN PHOTOGRAPHY - RED WING, MN","sameAs":["http:\/\/dantraun.com"]}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2014-02-14-Snowy-Owl-8230.jpg?fit=1680%2C945","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4cNAT-kE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1347,"href":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions\/1347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}