This pair of Burrowing Owls was in the middle of a soccer field at Brian Piccolo Sports Park in Cooper City, Florida in February. Some of the soccer fields were closed to soccer as the owls had burrowed into the sandy dirt. The owl in front, with grains of sand clinging to its beak and facial feathers, had been digging furiously, as the other owl calmly stood as sand cascaded over it, closing its eyes and slowly opening them again only when the digging paused.