Burrowing Owl Images, Facts and Information:
Athene cunicularia
- Burrowing Owls are small (robin sized), terrestrial owls that have long legs, short tails, will hunt day and night and nest in burrows in the ground.
- Nicknames for Burrowing Owls include desert owl, prairie dog owl, gopher owl, ground owl, howdy owl and I like to call them desert clowns because they can be so funny.
- Preferred habitats for Burrowing Owls include prairie dog towns, dry, open areas, deserts pastures, areas with short grass including golf courses, yards, vacant lots and airports.
- Western Burrowing Owls have seen significant declines in their populations, this might be caused by habitat destruction, fragmentation of habitat by urban development, pesticides, rodenticides, predation by nonnative species and destruction of burrows.
- Burrowing Owls are listed in Utah as a Wildlife Species of Concern. In some areas they are listed as threatened or endangered.
- Burrowing Owls prey on small mammals, insects including moths and beetles and they will also eat fruits and seeds.
- They lay 2 to 12 eggs which take 21 to 30 days to hatch, the female owl incubates.
- Most Western Burrowing Owls are migratory, Florida Burrowing Owls are nonmigratory.
- Burrowing Owls can live up to 9 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Burrowing Owl photos.
Adult male Burrowing Owl watching over his burrow
Title: Adult male Burrowing Owl watching over his burrow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/19/2019
Male Burrowing Owl and Redstem Filaree in bloom
Title: Male Burrowing Owl and Redstem Filaree in bloom
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/19/2019
Red-stem Filaree is non-native, invasive
Adult male Burrowing Owl at the entrance to his burrow
Title: Adult male Burrowing Owl at the entrance to his burrow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/19/2019
Male Burrowing Owl guarding his burrow
Title: Male Burrowing Owl guarding his burrow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/19/2019
April releasing the rehabbed Burrowing Owl
Title: April releasing the rehabbed Burrowing Owl
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/22/2017
Sleepy looking Burrowing Owl male
Title: Sleepy looking Burrowing Owl male
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/25/2017
Sleepy adult Burrowing Owl male
Title: Sleepy adult Burrowing Owl male
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/25/2017
Western Burrowing Owl standing on one foot
Title: Western Burrowing Owl standing on one foot
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/3/2017
Adult male Western Burrowing Owl on an old fence post
Title: Adult male Western Burrowing Owl on an old fence post
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/3/2017
Burrowing Owl in front of a green field
Title: Burrowing Owl in front of a green field
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/29/2017
Side lit male Burrowing Owl in wildflowers
Title: Side lit male Burrowing Owl in wildflowers
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/19/2017
Burrowing Owls on a grassy hill
Title: Burrowing Owls on a grassy hill
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/15/2017
Burrowing Owl male on a windy day
Title: Burrowing Owl male on a windy day
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/13/2017
Burrowing Owl male checking out the sky
Title: Burrowing Owl male checking out the sky
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/13/2017
Male Burrowing owl in a field of wildflowers
Title: Male Burrowing owl in a field of wildflowers
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/13/2017
Alert male Burrowing Owl in a field of Filaree
Title: Alert male Burrowing Owl in a field of Filaree
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/13/2017
Burrowing Owl and blowing sand
Title: Burrowing Owl and blowing sand
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/13/2017
Male Burrowing Owl kicking up sand in a stiff wind
Title: Male Burrowing Owl kicking up sand in a stiff wind
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/13/2017
Male Burrowing Owl checking out the burrow
Title: Male Burrowing Owl checking out the burrow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/13/2017
Winking adult Burrowing Owl
Title: Winking adult Burrowing Owl
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/13/2017