Forget looking up in the trees to find these guys. They are burrowing owls, which means that they live on the ground or under it. In fact, they often take advantage of the hard work of tunnelers such as prairie dogs or gophers by building their nests in the burrows they dug and abandoned. Think of burrowing owls as squatters of the avian world. You"ll find these 7½- to 11-inch birds in North and South America, especially in grasslands, farming areas, or dry expanses with vegetation that is close to the ground.
Burrowing owls
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Poinsettia Day
-
Where the wildflowers grow
-
The tallest animal in the world on the longest day of the year
-
Sami lavvu structures, Finnmark, Norway
-
Groundhog Day
-
Mysterious prairie mounds abound
-
A place fit for the gods
-
Muir Woods National Monument anniversary
-
Cetacean Saturday
-
Is this Minecraft headquarters?
-
A tree amid the Tetons
-
Languid life on the Lakes
-
Taking the scenic route
-
Tasmans Arch, Tasmania, Australia
-
Striated heron on a Victoria water lily, Pantanal, Brazil
-
Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
-
Sand, sun, and sk8ers
-
Jaguar in the Pantanal wetlands
-
White Sands National Park turns 90
-
Desert bighorn sheep in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
-
World Children s Day
-
Beware the Ides of March
-
Memorial Day
-
World Otter Day
-
Harbor and longtail boats at Ko Samui, Thailand
-
Wartburg Castle overlooking Thuringian Forest in Germany
-
Pretty in pink, and purple, and red…
-
Beaver achievers
-
Cross this bridge if you dare
-
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

