Digging Her Burrow?
I think this the female of a pair of burrowing owls. They've been seen together, for several days now, flying between a couple of burrows that seem abandoned. On Sunday, that included a lot of copulation. After one mating, this bird came over and started scratching out a burrow, sat down in it and then flew away.
I think that in this soil, they'll take an abandoned burrow, but she'll improve it to her tastes, down inside. I suspect that this is ritual digging, that's part of a mating routine.
Digging Her Burrow?
I think this the female of a pair of burrowing owls. They've been seen together, for several days now, flying between a couple of burrows that seem abandoned. On Sunday, that included a lot of copulation. After one mating, this bird came over and started scratching out a burrow, sat down in it and then flew away.
I think that in this soil, they'll take an abandoned burrow, but she'll improve it to her tastes, down inside. I suspect that this is ritual digging, that's part of a mating routine.