Tag: Burrowing Owl Photography

One Man’s Drain is Another Owl’s Castle~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life271 Comments

Burrowing Owls are a species of special concern and are disappearing in Southern California.

The species is listed as threatened in Mexico,

and endangered in Canada.

It is rare to see them in Southern California as their ecosystems have been goobled up by development.

See: https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/western-burrowing-owl-southern-california-disappearing-threatened

These burrowing owls are protected at The Salton Sea Nature Preserve in Southern California.

The preserve sets up multiple drain pipes for the owls to shelter in from predators and marks them with signage to keep humans from bothering them.

It is always a major thrill when these tiny owls (they are only 9 inches high) decide to come out of hiding and people watch!

Cheers to you from the wonderful Burrowing Owls at The Salton Sea~

Hoo R U?

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life216 Comments

Meet the very curious burrowing owl who clearly wonders who the heck you are!

Burrowing Owls are a federally protected species in the US, Canada, and in Mexico. They are designated endangered, threatened, or a species of special concern, in nine US states, including California.

This burrowing owl pair lives at Avian Behavior International in rural Southern California. You cannot keep burrowning owls unless you are licensed and raise them for breeding, conservation, rehabilitation, and/or educational purposes.

These curious and unique ground dwelling birds live in burrows in the ground where they hide from predators and raise their young.

They are tiny, but big in looks and personality! I have only seen them in the wild a few times in the last ten years because they are now very rare where I live. But click and check out this curious wild cutie that I met a few years ago:

Look Who Came to Play Today~

Cheers to you from the precious and endangered Southern California burrowing owls~

Look Who Came to Play Today~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, TRAVEL REVIEWS, Wild Life265 Comments

A burrowing owl,

at his Salton Sea home in California.

He stayed out for his modeling shoot,

and didn’t fly off or run into his burrow.

He was definitely ready for his close-ups!

Burrowing owls (athene cunicularia hypugaea) are a California species of special concern and are listed as endangered in Canada and threatened in Mexico due to excessive development and habitat loss.

This is his Salton Sea home.

Cheers to you from Southern California’s sociable burrowing owl~