Burrowing Owl

The Burrowing Owls are found in grassland, prairies, farmland and airfields.  They favor areas of flat ground  with very short grass of just bare soil.  

 They eat mostly insects and small mammals.  Their diet varies with the season and locations.   They may eat frogs, toads, lizards and even snakes.
This little guy stood on one leg for some time.  With his head turning around.  he never did put that other leg down all the time DesertDale was taking photos of him.

They hunt mostly at dusk or at night.  They  is burrow in the ground , in bare soil or very short grass.  Burrows excavated by the owl may be up to 6-10 feet long, with nest at the end.  They sometime line their nest with cow manure.
In the west they may lay up to 10 eggs,  east     3 to 12 eggs.  The young may leave their nest in about 6 weeks. When a perdators get in their hole, they make sound like a rattlesnake.
Enjoy.  Kitfoxgal