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My Burrowing Owl Fascination – It Never Ends

By Mia McPherson|March 1st, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Burrowing Owls, Utah|Tags: Athene cunicularia, Burrowing Owl, desert, early morning, immature, juvenile, juveniles, owl, owls, Owls of Utah, perched, posts, siblings, summer, Western Burrowing Owl, wooden post, young|

I'm drawn to and fascinated by these western desert Burrowing Owls because they are beautiful, interesting and animated subjects. And they are pretty darn cute!

Fifteen Minutes with Sibling Burrowing Owl Juveniles

By Mia McPherson|August 3rd, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Burrowing Owls, Utah|Tags: Athene cunicularia, birds of prey, Burrowing Owl, desert, fence post, juvenile, juveniles, lift off, owl, owls, Owls of Utah, pair, posts, siblings, summer, Western Burrowing Owl|

Yesterday morning I spent fifteen minutes with sibling Burrowing Owl juveniles in northern Utah not long after the sun came up and while there was still golden light.