As you may know, I’ve gone a little burrowing owl crazy. In fact, after FINALLY finding one, then a second, I think I might be ready to award them the prestige of being my favorite owl (sorry, great horned owls). Although I was delighted to see my first burrowing owl a few weeks ago, after searching for a few months, he was fairly far from me and didn’t move, so I didn’t even get to witness the typical burrowing owl stance and adorable bobbing dance. I only intensified my burrowing owl search after that because I knew some of them migrate and would be leaving the area soon and I hoped to get some more pictures. To my vast surprise, I was successful! Mark and I found one at Rush Ranch in Solano County one glorious and beautiful Sunday afternoon, and THIS one put on a show for us. He was an excellent hider in the long grass, and some of his burrows are very near the trail, so once or twice I walked right up to him without even realizing it and he’d bolt up and fly off to another burrow a little bit across the field, where he’d bob up and down in the most endearing manner. Then he’d stand and watch us carefully for a while, before eventually going down into a burrow leaving only his eyes exposed, and often entirely disappearing from view. It was enchanting; I’m in love.
These are the typical stances you’ll often seE burrowing owls in.
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