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Photo © Chris Fullmer all rights reserved
Yolo Bypass (Google, OSM)
Yolo, US-CA, US
Public coordinates obscured by 10KM

Description

I think this is a burrowing owl. It was sitting on the ground, and flew away a short distance when I got near it, where it could check me out better. I never even saw it until it flew. Very fun little bird.

Feb. 11, 2012 10:42 PM PST
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Burrowing Owl - Photo CC BY-ND Jack Wolf
chris3's ID: Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
Posted by chris3 3 months ago
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Burrowing Owl - Photo CC BY-ND Jack Wolf
kueda's ID: Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

Totally. Such cool birds.

Posted by kueda 3 months ago
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Burrowing Owl - Photo CC BY-ND Jack Wolf
curiousgeorge61's ID: Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

I am hoping to get a pic of one of these this year when in the Vacaville are.

Posted by curiousgeorge61 3 months ago
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This was the first one I've ever seen. I hear there are quite a few in town, but I've never seen one. So to come across this one was great! It was not in any of the places I had heard about them living. But its clear that it spends a lot of time right where I startled it up from.

Posted by chris3 3 months ago
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Burrowing Owl - Photo CC BY-ND Jack Wolf
chris3's ID: Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
Burrowing Owl - Photo CC BY-ND Jack Wolf
kueda's ID: Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

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