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Athene cunicularia
The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America.Probably the most distinctive feature of the burrowing owl is the fact that, unlike most owls, this species routinely nests and lives underground.
Burrowing owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other open dry area with low vegetation. They nest and roost in burrows located at Termites mound.
Spotted on Dec 25, 2014
Submitted on Dec 26, 2014
20 Comments
Wow great collection of photos
Great shots Ruben, #1 is priceless, so right that it is SOTD. Congrats
Great series and very nice video - congratulations on the spotting and SOTD!
Congratulations!Lovely series!
Congrats Ruben!
Beautiful! Burrowing Owls are one of my favorite. Great photos!
So lovely. Congratulations!
Great captures ... they are so lovely... Congrats Rubens....
Congratulations! I love the owls and the spotting:)
Awesome series and video Rubens,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Congratulations! They are really cute! :-)
Rubens, congratulations! This awesome series and video have been selected as Spotting of the Day! Thank you so much for sharing your encounter with these wonderful owls with us and thank you for taking the extra time to share the video too. It makes it even better! Congrats again and hope to see many more awesome spottings from you!
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Aww great series!!
I love the faces they make!
The video is wonderful!
AWESOME spotting!!!! ;)
Reference and video added !!! Thanks for the comments !
I love the way the one on the left is looking at me...while the one on the right is staring sternly! BEAUTIFUL. Thank you for sharing.
This is a lovely spotting. To make it complete, and useful to researchers using this site for data, please edit this and add a reference about this species in the reference field of your spotting. Please do this for each photo you post. Thanks for helping to make Project Noah a complete reference tool for scientists.
too cute!