Burrowing Owls are cute, pint-sized owls with rather long legs for their size. Some 2500 happily make their home in suburban Cape Coral, Florida. Home is a burrow some four to eight feet long that they dig themselves or borrow from an armadillo or gopher tortoise in open grassy areas. They eat primarily larger insects such as grasshoppers and beetles but won’t pass up the occasional lizard, small snake, bird, or rodent. They are active days and night. During the day they are usually seen standing at their burrow entrance or on a nearby perch.
The owls live as single breeding pairs or in small colonies. Nesting season usually starts in March though can continue well into summer. During breeding season their burrow entrances are often adorned with paper, plastic, shells, glass, tufts of grass, or animal parts.
In Florida, the burrowing owl is classified as threatened. This sometimes causes problems. Homeowners are required to share their yard if a pair of these cute little owls decides to move in.
The images were made with an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II with an Olympus 300mm f/4 lens and processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
Daniela
2 Sep 2018Nice shots 👍🏼
fotograffer
19 Sep 2018Thanks, Daniela
Amy
16 Sep 2018These owl photos are very well captured! Thank you so much for sharing the joy of the beautiful bird. ：）
fotograffer
19 Sep 2018Thanks, Amy. I appreciate it.
Photography Journal Blog
17 Sep 2018I love these photos. I shared a link here in my Twitter feed.
fotograffer
19 Sep 2018Thank you so much and thanks for sharing them.
bushboy
17 Sep 2018Fabulous photos 🙂
fotograffer
19 Sep 2018Thank you.😀