Four Little Burrowing Owlets
by Judi Dressler
Title
Four Little Burrowing Owlets
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
These four Burrowing Owlets have two more siblings below them in the burrow, which is their nest. The baby owls spend time below ground while they're resting, or if mom or dad tells them to go down due to potential danger. The owlets are about a month old and still relying entirely on mom and dad for food. As they get older, they will begin to try to catch bugs on their own and will venture away from the nest, while gradually learning to fly. They wil stay near this burrow until they're ready to fend for themselves at the end of the summer.
Burrowing owls are born underground in burrows, often these are burrows built by prairie dogs. They hunt crickets, grasshoppers, and other bugs, as well as small mammals such as mice, and small reptiles. They are excellent parents, bringing food to their babies until the young ones are hunting bugs for themselves, and even afterwards for a while.
The adults have stripes across their chests; the babies start getting these stripes as they get a little older. Baby burrowing owls can be very entertaining to watch as they run and jump and play with each other!
Photo taken on June 22, 2020, near Greeley, Colorado.
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art Forever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2020 September: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (September 28, 2020)