Burrowing owls in Williamson Co.

[Bill M]

They return every year.

[Pedernal]

Beautiful pics!! thank you for sharing.

[TxAg]

That's cool

[twdjr]

Nice!

[doghouse]

Beautiful pics as always. Thanks for posting.

[Box-R]

Interesting little 'fingers' on the leading edge of the wings.
I guess they use those to dig.
I'm in Williamson, but the rocky part; I guess they need softer dirt.

[3ChordTruth]

Great pictures, and so much personality in those little guys.

[Bro. Bill]

Awesome pictures

[kruppa24]

Cool pics

[DUKFVR]

Your photography is FABULOUS! Thanks for sharing Bill!

[Rustled Again]

Those sir are some great pictures. Thank you

[TKRanch]

Where do you find those little guys? My wife really wants to see them on one of our birding trips. just have not yet made it to where they are yet.

[HiblerZXT35]

Those are great pictures! That is really neat to see

[Dusty Britches]

Very nice, Bill. What do the burrows look like? Or do they use other animal's burrows?

[RifleBowPistol]

Those are some nice pictures, really like them. I get usually one or two pictures of burrowing owls on my game cameras each year. I think I have only gotten pictures of them in the winter. I did not know we had them in Guadalupe County.

[MUZZYSLINGR]

Really nice pics. Thanks for posting them.

Now I’m going to have to research these owls.

I’ve never heard of them before.


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[Dr. Evil]

Very cool!

[ken800]

Magnificent animal. Great photography work!

[DynaSuperGlide]

Those feathers on the tip are called the allula .

[Tjacks84]

Great photos

[Bill M]

Originally Posted by TKRanch

Where do you find those little guys? My wife really wants to see them on one of our birding trips. just have not yet made it to where they are yet.

These are near Granger Lake.

Originally Posted by Dusty Britches

Very nice, Bill. What do the burrows look like? Or do they use other animal's burrows?

Thanks! They don't need a lot for a burrow. They are pretty small critters. I think these stay among rocks at a culvert under the roadway. Up near Lubbock, they use prairie dog burrows.



Thanks for looking and commenting everyone.

[Duckblind]

Nice work

[mooney_garrett]

Nice pics!

[westtexducks]

Originally Posted by TKRanch

Where do you find those little guys? My wife really wants to see them on one of our birding trips. just have not yet made it to where they are yet.

Originally Posted by Dusty Britches

Very nice, Bill. What do the burrows look like? Or do they use other animal's burrows?

They don't actually "burrow" to my knowledge, they kick prairie dogs, gophers etc. out of their holes and use those. At least the ones out here in West Texas that is what they do. If you have prairie dogs you have burrowing owls as well for sure. Very cool little birds. Have seen them down in the Odessa area and all up and down the panhandle.

[EarleyBird]

Awesome! They always look so serious.

[atcfisherman]

One of God's beautiful creations.

[Brett A]

Awesome Pics! I love seeing owls. Had a real up close experience in a tree stand with an owl one morning. Will never forget it.

[Txfshrmn]

Owls and Hawks are some of the most amazing birds. Well they are all amazing in some way I suppose but Owls are one of my favorites

[kfigeley]

Awesome!

[Hammerzeke]

very nice

[RifleBowPistol]

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[Bill M]

Seems I've missed a few comments of which I appreciate all. Thanks.

[RC1cent]

Thanks for sharing. Great images - super sharp! Well done! :-)

[Carpe_diem]

Great photos, thanks!

[Bill M]

Thanks again.

[cj_sandman]

Great work!

[CindyKick]

Great