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Athene cunicularia
Small, diurnal owl with a brown and white body and yellow eyes.
In a prairie dog town in mixed-grass prairie.
Spotted on Apr 28, 2015
Submitted on May 23, 2015
4 Comments
Love it!
Thanks Jim and Hema! They are doing fine here, anytime I go out to look for them I can always find at least one!
We have burrowing owls in Las Vegas, and in close-by Arizona...but they are having a tough time here. Development and no prairie dogs (fewer burrows adaptable to burrowing owls) are some of the issues. The Audubon Society has several artificial burrows under their management. I am glad to see they are doing better elsewhere. Great spotting!
Great series!Also gives an idea of the relative and realistic size of the owl! Last time I spent a great deal of time in Bolsa chica wetlands,looking for something much bigger than these.