Burrowing Owl nesting site, taken 28 April 2024 at 19:24 EDT.

[full_metal_ox]

Taken last year, this is pictorial tax for my previous post; this little guy was one of a family headquartered in a vacant lot along one of my habitual shopping routes.





Note the ropes cordoning the space off, as well as the designated perch set up for the owls. In the upper background, across the path, is another staked-off owl nesting site; unusually for birds of prey, Burrowing Owls are social animals who sometimes form communities of multiple families.

(If I’ve slipped into Earnest School Essay Mode, it’s because this is stuff I myself am very much newly learning.)

Comments

[shirebound]

Note the ropes cordoning the space off, as well as the designated perch set up for the owls

Lucky owls! I wish them well.

[cmcmck]

So cute! :o)

[zenigotchas]

Hello baby!

[pauraque]

Aw, I love them! Near where my dad lives in California there's a Snowy Plover nesting area on the beach that's cordoned off like that. They're little VIPs behind their velvet rope.

[kaishin108]

So sweet! And so happy it's being looked after so nicely.

[minoanmiss]

this is so nifty!

[ribirdnerd]

Aww nice. I learned about these owls on that Tom Hanks nature show - The Americas

[emeraldarrows]

So cute! <3

[dewline]

Burrowing owls are village-builders?

Delightful news!

[autobotscoutriella]

Oh, what cuties! I did not know any of this about burrowing owls, so this is extremely cool to learn.

[adafrog]

Cool.

[sparowe]

I loved that they're looked after like this! :)

[yourlibrarian]

They are so cute. It's one of my partner's favorite animals.