Burrowing Owl – A Romp Through The Flowers This owl played hopscotch through a sea of flowers in a howling wind on Antelope Island yesterday morning. Continue reading
A Burrowing Owl With Grit I’ll give this handsome little owl credit for persistence. And pluck. Continue reading
My First Decent Burrowing Owl Photos This Year I seldom photograph Burrowing Owls on Antelope Island anymore so it was fun to find this cooperative bird yesterday morning. Continue reading
Owls And Plumicorns Verifying the actual function(s) of some biological structures has proven to be elusive. Continue reading
Burrowing Owl – Three Poses From “Bloody Bill” I don’t often give pet names to my avian subjects but this adult Burrowing Owl seemed a natural fit for doing exactly that. Continue reading
Ol’ Bloody-beak Going After More Prey I never saw this Burrowing Owl with prey but he always seemed to have a bloody beak and he was usually hungry for more. Continue reading
Juvenile Burrowing Owl In A Cluttered Setting (and I still like it) Sometimes I’m OK with a little clutter in my images, especially when the main subject is as cute as this one. Continue reading
Burrowing Owl Takeoff (and my first fledglings of the year) I’ve been watching for Burrowing Owl chicks in northern Utah for a couple of weeks with no luck until yesterday morning. Continue reading
Burrowing Owl – At Takeoff And In Flight… with an optical illusion thrown in for good measure. Continue reading
Juvenile Burrowing Owl Acting A Little Silly This morning I needed a little Burrowing Owl silliness. Continue reading
My Mid-winter Hummingbird Fix I can’t get that fix in the field right now so my images will have to do. Continue reading
Burrowing Owl – Deja vu All Over Again With apologies to Yogi Berra for the liberties I took with my title I decided to post an image I’ve posted before, long ago. Here’s why. Continue reading
A Stumbling, Bumbling Burrowing Owl Young Burrowing Owls are pretty awkward when they’re still learning the ropes. In this case the “rope” was a wire. Continue reading
Juvenile Burrowing Owl – A Dynamic, Athletic Takeoff This dynamic push-off from the perch at takeoff reminds me of a sprinter coming out of the starting blocks. Continue reading
Juvenile Burrowing Owl Playing Peekaboo Sometimes I can’t explain well why I like an image – it just “grabs” me for some reason. In this case it’s for what I perceived as personal interaction with me. Continue reading