Juvenile Burrowing Owl perched on a watering troughJuvenile Burrowing Owl perched on a watering trough

You might wonder why I think it is tough being a bird photographer when it comes to Burrowing Owls.

Juvenile Burrowing Owl parallaxing on a sagebrushJuvenile Burrowing Owl parallaxing on a sagebrush

It isn’t because I get up so early to photograph them.

An adult Burrowing Owl giving me a look of curiosityAn adult Burrowing Owl giving me a look of curiosity

It isn’t because they are hard to find.

Pair of Juvenile Owl siblings perched on postsPair of Juvenile Owl siblings perched on posts

Or that I drove 90 miles to get to where the Burrowing Owls are.

Juvenile Burrowing Owl framed by a barbed wire fenceA juvenile Burrowing Owl framed by a barbed wire fence

It isn’t because they are particularly difficult to photograph.

Juvenile Burrowing Owl looking at a vole on the groundJuvenile Burrowing Owl looking at a vole on the ground

And it isn’t because I have already been up nearly three and a half  hours by the time I get to where the owls are.

Juvenile Burrowing Owl parallaxing while perched on a fence postJuvenile Burrowing Owl parallaxing while perched on a fence post

It is tough because they are so funny that it is hard to suppress my laughter.

Young Burrowing Owl in early morning lightA young Burrowing Owl in early morning light

It is tough because I usually take a tons of images and that means…

Juvenile Burrowing Owl perched in front of a field of grainJuvenile Burrowing Owl perched in front of a field of grain

It is tough to weed through the images…

Burrowing Owl juvenile with a firm grip on sagebrushBurrowing Owl juvenile with a firm grip on sagebrush

And tough deciding which ones to keep.

Juvenile Burrowing Owl stare downA juvenile Burrowing Owl stare down

When you take over seven hundred images in one sitting that takes a long time to go through them all.

Looks like this juvenile Burrowing Owl needs some coffee!Looks like this juvenile Burrowing Owl needs some coffee!

But what is really tough is deciding which images to share because it is hard to get bad images of these cute desert owls. Yeah, I know. “Poor baby”. 🙂

So I figured what the heck, I’d share a Baker’s Dozen Burrowing Owl images that I created yesterday!

Life is good.

Mia

Click here to see more of my Burrowing Owl photos plus facts and information about this species.

All images were taken with my Nikon D810, Nikkor 500mm VR with the 1.4x TC attached. Sorry there are no techs but there are just too many images!