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Burrowing Owl Images, Facts and Information:
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- Burrowing Owls are small (robin sized), terrestrial owls that have long legs, short tails, will hunt day and night and nest in burrows in the ground.
- Nicknames for Burrowing Owls include desert owl, prairie dog owl, gopher owl, ground owl, howdy owl and I like to call them desert clowns because they can be so funny.
- Preferred habitats for Burrowing Owls include prairie dog towns, dry, open areas, deserts pastures, areas with short grass including golf courses, yards, vacant lots and airports.
- Western Burrowing Owls have seen significant declines in their populations, this might be caused by habitat destruction, fragmentation of habitat by urban development, pesticides, rodenticides, predation by nonnative species and destruction of burrows.
- Burrowing Owls are listed in Utah as a Wildlife Species of Concern. In some areas they are listed as threatened or endangered.
- Burrowing Owls prey on small mammals, insects including moths and beetles and they will also eat fruits and seeds.
- They lay 2 to 12 eggs which take 21 to 30 days to hatch, the female owl incubates.
- Most Western Burrowing Owls are migratory, Florida Burrowing Owls are nonmigratory.
- Burrowing Owls can live up to 9 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Burrowing Owl photos.
Dead juvenile Burrowing Owl hung up on barbed wire
Title: Dead juvenile Burrowing Owl hung up on barbed wire
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/24/2015
Juvenile Burrowing Owl calling while in flight
Title: Juvenile Burrowing Owl calling while in flight
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/24/2015
Adult female Burrowing Owl casting a pellet with a juvenile perched below
Title: Adult female Burrowing Owl casting a pellet with a juvenile perched below
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/24/2015
Sibling Burrowing Owl juveniles in the desert
Title: Sibling Burrowing Owl juveniles in the desert
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Juvenile Burrowing Owl yawning next to a gnarly fence post
Title: Juvenile Burrowing Owl yawning next to a gnarly fence post
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Young Burrowing Owl flapping its wings on a wire
Title: Young Burrowing Owl flapping its wings on a wire
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Juvenile Burrowing Owl balancing on wire
Title: Juvenile Burrowing Owl balancing on wire
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Pair of juvenile Burrowing Owls enjoying the morning light
Title: A pair of juvenile Burrowing Owls enjoying the morning light
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Pair of juvenile Burrowing Owls on an old fence in Box Elder County
Title: A pair of juvenile Burrowing Owls on an old fence in Box Elder County
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Burrowing Owl juvenile fluttering its wings
Title: Burrowing Owl juvenile fluttering its wings
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Juvenile Burrowing Owls in soft morning light
Title: Juvenile Burrowing Owls in soft morning light
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Pair of juvenile Burrowing Owls on an old fence
Title: A pair of juvenile Burrowing Owls on an old fence
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Juvenile Burrowing Owl flying towards the burrow
Title: A juvenile Burrowing Owl flying towards the burrow
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Burrowing Owl juvenile stretching its wing on an old fence
Title: A Burrowing Owl juvenile stretching its wing on an old fence
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Juvenile Burrowing Owl balancing act
Title: Juvenile Burrowing Owl balancing act
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Juvenile Burrowing Owl lifting off from a barbed wire fence
Title: Juvenile Burrowing Owl lifting off from a barbed wire fence
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
A juvenile Burrowing Owl immediately after landing
Title: A juvenile Burrowing Owl immediately after landing
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Juvenile Burrowing Owl about to land on a barbed wire fence
Title: Juvenile Burrowing Owl about to land on a barbed wire fence
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
A juvenile Burrowing Owl on a barbed wire fence
Title: A juvenile Burrowing Owl on a barbed wire fence
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015
Adult Burrowing Owl in flight
Title: Adult Burrowing Owl in flight
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2015