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Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

A small owl, they are mottled brown all over with white "eyebrows" and large feet.

Habitat:

We drove through a prairie dog town and saw 6 of these guys, the individual in the first photo I think was just squatting down because he looked extra tiny!

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Burrowing Owl

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Comments (5)
AshleyT
Thanks Christy and Joshua! I am on a mission to get some excellent pictures of these guys, if you come down here I will find them for y'all!
Josh Asel
Lucky! I've been dying to see these guys up close in the wild.
ChristyHolland
Fantastic, Ashley!! I've yet to see these guys in the wild!
AshleyT
Uhh it's like 2.75/5 haha, I want better pictures of these guys to actually fully count them for my year

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PublishedApril 7, 2013

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