Burrowing Owls in Cape Coral, FL

Tuckerjr · Mar 11, 2017

Took a long weekend Birding trip to Florida. I had to opportunity to spend a considerable amount of time with the Burrowing Owls

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ZombiesniperJr · Mar 11, 2017

Nice set

pjaye · Mar 11, 2017

Gorgeous shots. I'm hoping to make a trip west to see some next year.

zombiesniper · Mar 11, 2017

Great set.

jcdeboever · Mar 11, 2017

Nice, can you pet them?

WesternGuy · Mar 12, 2017

Nice shots. They are interesting birds to photograph.

WesternGuy

Tuckerjr · Mar 12, 2017

jcdeboever said:
Nice, can you pet them?

No petting !! You need to stay 20-25 feet away. I stayed much much further away.

Tuckerjr · Mar 12, 2017

WesternGuy said:
Nice shots. They are interesting birds to photograph.

WesternGuy

Thank you. Yes they are really interesting. It was neat to be photographing these guys & monk parakeets were flying over building nests in the light towers

birdbonkers84 · Mar 12, 2017

Great shots!

I watched these guys on Steve Backshall's deadly 60 yesterday morning! Was so fascinated that there were owls that burrowed, well they don't actually dig the burrows they steal them from other animals that make them and use their skins to line their nest. And they use dung to entice insects so they can eat them.

Mysecutage · Mar 12, 2017

Good! Aren't they afraid of humans?
I'd like to take pics of birds but I'm not patient enough.

Tuckerjr · Mar 12, 2017

Mysecutage said:
Good! Aren't they afraid of humans?
I'd like to take pics of birds but I'm not patient enough.

They had absolutely no concern with our presence. These birds are extremely well taken care of. The City of Cape Coral has a viable tourism business surrounding these birds.

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