2407_1674 Burrowing Owls
This summer there were several Burrowing Owl nests within shooting distance from park roads. Best season for these little charmers since 2016. Here, two juveniles try to make sense of the rolling red Toyota blind. After a while, a third sibling joined them, and from time to time one would make a brief foray to hunt down some hapless grasshopper. Meanwhile, one of the parent birds kept watch at a distance; their job was almost done.
I've seen Burrowing Owls hang around into September, and one year photographed a family in October... perhaps it was a late brood. This year all of these owls were southbound and gone by late August. It's kind of sad to say goodbye to all the migratory birds until next spring, but so it goes. Nature's cycles continue, and we have to learn to embrace change, the one true constant.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2407_1674 Burrowing Owls
This summer there were several Burrowing Owl nests within shooting distance from park roads. Best season for these little charmers since 2016. Here, two juveniles try to make sense of the rolling red Toyota blind. After a while, a third sibling joined them, and from time to time one would make a brief foray to hunt down some hapless grasshopper. Meanwhile, one of the parent birds kept watch at a distance; their job was almost done.
I've seen Burrowing Owls hang around into September, and one year photographed a family in October... perhaps it was a late brood. This year all of these owls were southbound and gone by late August. It's kind of sad to say goodbye to all the migratory birds until next spring, but so it goes. Nature's cycles continue, and we have to learn to embrace change, the one true constant.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.