2025—So Expressive

Burrowing Owls have such expressive eyes. When you watch a Burrowing Owl for a while, and while it watches you, you’ll see lots of different expressions. The look in the third image was not directed at me but I think it was more annoyance at his mate who, as this one tried to nap, the other one was doing some housekeeping in the sandy burrow that kept a steady stream of sand raining down. This is from this past February at Brian Piccolo Sports Park in Cooper City, Florida. Several of the soccer fields were closed while the Burrowing Owls were in residence.

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