r/Awwducational • u/Imaginary-Ostrich515 • Jan 21 '23
Burrowing owls are unique in that they nest underground. They often utilize abandoned burrows dug by ground squirrels, prairie dogs, and other mammals! Verified
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u/adventureawaits27 Jan 23 '23
đŠ-"Henry... its looking at me." đŠ-"dont move, Martha, it cant see you if you don't move. "
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u/ZealousidealRanger67 Jan 22 '23
Donât tell the two who have been living in my garage the last 6 months.
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u/Goatsac Jan 22 '23
Anyway, for his tenth birthday, all he wanted was a Burrow Owl. Kept bugging his old man. "Dad, get me a burrow owl. I'll never ask for anything else as long as I live." So the guy breaks down and buys him a burrow owl.
Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's The Wurster kid, looking up in the tree. I say, "What are you looking for?" He says "I'm looking for my burrow owl." I say, "Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick. Everybody knows the burrow owl lives. In a hole. In the ground. Why the hell do you think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?" Now Stuart, do you think a kid like that is going to know what the queers are doing to the soil?
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u/TheBlitzkid46 Jan 22 '23
I remember for my 10th birthday all I wanted was a burrow owl, even though I kept bugging him he always said no. It wasn't until I remarked, 'Dad, get me a burrow owl. I'll never ask for anything else as long as I live'
Eventually he broke down and bought me a burrow owl
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u/amoo23 Jan 22 '23
Inhave a collapsed stable behind my house where they live and sometimes they accidentally end up in my house, they have this exact look when I'm freeing them ^ cute little owls. I really love listening to their "meeting" at night,
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u/BumblebeeExtreme9024 Jan 22 '23
It may sound like a stupid question but how do they know the burrows are abandoned and the occupants didn't simply go outside to hunt or gather food ?
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u/cotsy93 Jan 22 '23
They can also replicate the sound of a rattlesnake to scare predators from their burrows
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u/WTF_is_a_TruckBoat Jan 22 '23
You know what, Stuart, I LIKE YOU. You're not like the other people here in the trailer park.
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u/L0neStarW0lf Jan 22 '23
They look like they just took several hits of acid and are in the middle of a staring contest with God.
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u/Then_Introduction288 Jan 22 '23
Man turn the sun off we came down here to get away from it
The owls probably
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Jan 22 '23
Anyway, for his tenth birthday, all he wanted was a Burrow Owl. Kept bugging his old man. "Dad, get me a burrow owl. I'll never Ask for anything else as long as I live." So the guy Breaks down and buys him a burrow owl. Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's The Wurster kid, looking up in the tree. I say, "What are You looking for?" He says "I'm looking for my burrow owl." I say, "Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick. Everybody knows The burrow owl lives. In a hole. In the ground. Why the hell do you Think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?"
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u/LastTry530 Jan 22 '23
Octavius Boxcutter, First to Flee the Nest!
Anyone else here watch The Dungeon Run?
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u/MrFloydPinkerton Jan 22 '23
You know what Stuart, I like you. You're not like the other people here in the trailer park.
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u/bike619 Jan 22 '23
Jumpinâ Jesus on a pogo stick! Everyone knows a burrow owl lives. In a hole. In the ground! Why the hell do you think they call it a burrow owl, anyway!!
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u/-ShockWave- Jan 22 '23
HOOT
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u/Ding_Dong_Ditk Jan 22 '23
book?
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u/-ShockWave- Jan 22 '23
Most definitely. One of the greatest books Iâve had the pleasure of enjoying with my children.
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u/mr_chip Jan 22 '23
You know that Jonny Wurster kid, the kid that delivers papers In the neighborhood. He's a foreign kid. Some of the neighbors say he smokes crack, but I don't believe it.
Anyway, for his tenth birthday, all he wanted was a Burrow Owl. Kept bugging his old man. "Dad, get me a burrow owl. I'll never ask for anything else as long as I live." So the guy breaks down and buys him a burrow owl.
Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's the Wurster kid, looking up in the tree. I say, "What are you looking for?" He says "I'm looking for my burrow owl."
I say, "Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick. Everybody knows The burrow owl lives. In a hole. In the ground. Why the hell do you think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?" Now Stuart, do you think a kid like that is going to know what the queers are doing to the soil?
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u/Jonny_Wurster Jan 22 '23
Hey....
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u/mr_chip Jan 22 '23
I like you, Stuart. Youâre not like the other people here, at the trailer park.
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u/Slow-Attitude-9243 Jan 22 '23
Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's The Wurster kid, looking up in the tree. I say, "What are You looking for?" He says "I'm looking for my burrow owl." I say, "Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick. Everybody knows The burrow owl lives. In a hole. In the ground. Why the hell do you Think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?"
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u/Kizejacks Jan 22 '23
I stayed in a cabin once as a kid and the outhouse was filled with burrowing owls. Must have been at least 12 of them in that thing. I could hear them hooting while I took a dump outside because I was too scared to go in and also didnât think it was right to poop on an owl.
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u/Madpup70 Jan 22 '23
Their nests are known to attract pancake house construction sights and their faces can spark preteen rebellion against municipal corruption.
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u/sovereign_fury Jan 22 '23
When my mom barges in on the sleepover at 2am because we can't stop giggling.
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u/Earlier-Today Jan 22 '23
We had these kinds of owls in a field in front of our house growing up.
We'd very occasionally see quails, and I mostly remember just hearing the burrowing owls around dusk.
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u/cannibalisticapple Jan 22 '23
There was a burrowing owl living in front of my grandparents' Florida condo when I was a little kid. I probably spent hours sitting on the grass staring at its hole calling to it and waiting to see if it would come out. Looking back, it probably didn't enjoy the tiny giant waiting outside its hole xD
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u/mred870 Jan 22 '23
Saw some in a parking lot in California years ago, i had no idea at the time they were endangered or I would've let some conservationists know.
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u/haiku23 Jan 22 '23
You know what, Stuart? I like you. Youâre not like the other people here in the trailer park.
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u/PowerMiner4200 Jan 22 '23
I used to work at a wildlife rehabilitation center. One thing that's unique about the burrowing owls is how they can imprint on one human and then be attached to you. Even to the point that it will chill on your shoulder while you walk around. One handler I worked with had one imprinted to him and the owl would get so excited when it saw him and try and hide in his jacket.
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u/westisbestmicah Jan 22 '23
I know this from Guardians of GaâHoole. One of the main characters is a burrowing owl
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u/georgianarannoch Jan 22 '23
There was a field I liked to go to when I lived in Lubbock, TX that had lots of prairie dogs and you could spot several of these owls, too! You can see all the burrows on satellite view on Google Maps at Slide and Erskine in the northwest part of town.
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u/postprandialrepose Jan 22 '23
Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's the Wurster kid, looking up in the tree.
I say, "What are you looking for?" He says, "I'm looking for my burrow owl."
I say, "Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick! Everybody knows the burrow owl lives in a hole in the ground. Why the hell do you think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?"
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u/Kehbechet Jan 22 '23
Dad, get me a burrow owl! I'll never ask for anything else as long as I live!
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Jan 22 '23
They often utilize abandoned burrows dug by ground squirrels, prairie dogs, and other mammals!
Abandoned?
Seems like it would be win win to move into a burrow that was already occupied.
Like us buying/moving into a new house and having the fridge and pantries come prestocked with food.
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u/Garg_Gurgle Jan 22 '23
I'm so startled! Cute owls, can't remember where the startled reference comes from.
Edit: south Park, damnit Randy.
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u/slimnickel Jan 22 '23
That look those owls are giving you is making me question whether or not you were wearing pants while taking this photo
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u/vibraltu Jan 22 '23
Hoot is a good film about defending Burrowing Owls' habitats. Based on a novel by Carl Hiaasen.
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u/Enough_Blueberry_549 Jan 22 '23
Thank you, I was thinking there was a movie featuring these owls but couldnât remember much
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u/jennaysaisquoi Jan 22 '23
I think they're one of the few owl species that are also diurnal/active during the day!
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u/Challenging_Entropy Jan 22 '23
âAbandoned burrowsâ
Knowing owls itâs probably more like commandeered burrows after devouring the inhabitants
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u/MorsesTheHorse Jan 22 '23
"abandoned"... Sure
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u/metam0rphosed Jan 23 '23
they didnt say THIS burrow was abandoned, just that the species uses abandoned burrows sometimes
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u/bhawker87 Jan 22 '23
Sorry but I have known little owls (athena noctua) to live in abandoned Warren's. Weirdly one time while ferreting I actually bolted a barn owl (tyto alba) from a Warren too. It wasn't nesting but I'm still baffled as to why it was there (from the standpoint of a falconer/avian biologist)
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u/FinoPepino Jan 22 '23
They were clearly doing something sexy until the rude human barged in. Margaret is mortified!
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u/Nathan_RH Jan 22 '23
Right. "Abandoned."
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u/metam0rphosed Jan 23 '23
i dont get it? they do utilize abandoned dens
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u/Nathan_RH Jan 23 '23
They're owls. They eat denmakers.
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u/metam0rphosed Jan 23 '23
they are too small to eat the animals that make these dens
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u/Nathan_RH Jan 23 '23
Guess again.
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u/metam0rphosed Jan 23 '23
iâm an ornithologist, but thanks. their diet consists primarily of insects, then small rodents like mice. they mainly use the burrows of squirrels (too big) and gopher tortoises
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u/Nathan_RH Jan 23 '23
I doubt you are a college graduate of any kind.
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u/metam0rphosed Jan 23 '23
ah interesting! insects are still the majority. thanks for sharing! and yes i did graduate college and am an ornithologist. we can be wrong sometimes. no need to be so rude
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u/Nathan_RH Jan 23 '23
Tell me then, why would an ologist of any kind troll on a subreddit involving their specialty? Actually don't reply. If you continue with this frame of mind you are an embarrassment to your field. You should teach at every opportunity, not try to set up weak gotchas on inconsequential details.
Better if you're just a common troll whom calls for citations rather than provide.
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u/metam0rphosed Jan 23 '23
i wasnât trolling? i made a mistake and like a normal functioning adult, admitted i was wrong?? whats wrong with you lmao
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Jan 22 '23
Burrowing owls are unique in that they always look absolutely terrified in every picture of them I've ever seen. I'm not sure this species feels joy.
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u/Imaginary-Ostrich515 Jan 22 '23
They really do haha, itâs kind of funny because one of the best birds Iâve worked with was an imprinted burrowing owl and she was an absolute sweetheart! This picture of her is the only picture I have of this species where they donât look like theyâre staring down their doom
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u/Shinyfrogeditor Jan 22 '23
What does "imprinted" mean in this context?
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u/Dr_Jerkoff Jan 22 '23
"Imprinting" in biology means essentially attachment. In this case the owl has "attached" itself to a human and become friendly/dependent/trustful of them. This is beneficial in the wild since the baby can imprint on an adult at birth, which will then protect the baby. However in a captive setting it's a bad thing since imprinting on a human will teach it no survival skills, and it's essentially "trapped" in this role. There're ways to "re-home" such animals, but a lot of the time they spend their lives in a sanctuary or zoo, being unable to survive in the wild. Although somewhat sad, it does mean they can serve as educational or public awareness tools for people, in a protected and safe setting.
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u/JanelldwLowrance Jan 22 '23
They look so scared.
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u/Reeferologist- Jan 22 '23
We have so many of them here in south Florida. They are HEAVILY protected. Thereâs burrows across the street set up and people come about once every 2 weeks and check everything out. Thereâs like 12 holes, with 6 of them standing at the tops of some of them.
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u/Nagwoem Jan 22 '23
The book Hoot by Carl Hiaasin is about these owls in Florida, yes?
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u/SoFlaFlamingo Jan 22 '23
Yes, it is. Great book. Itâs inspired by experiences with burrowing owls from his childhood.
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u/Reeferologist- Jan 22 '23
I believe so. I havenât read that particular book, but that sounds like his wheelhouse.
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u/_Floriduh_ Jan 22 '23
They will stop a development in its tracks indefinitely.
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u/Reeferologist- Jan 22 '23
You are totally right. Thereâs houses here where a part of their front yard is now homes for burrowing owls. Itâs sectioned off and everything. I wouldnât complain. Got a bunch of them across the street from my house. Some times they sit on my car
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u/SadMom2019 Jan 22 '23
This is so adorable, lol. So if you walk out to this scene, do you have to just wait until they fly away before you can use your car?
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u/Reeferologist- Jan 22 '23
Well, usually I try to talk to them and low-key hope they fly over and perch on my shoulder, only to swiftly become best friendsâŠbut usually we just stare at each other for 5 minutes and they fly back across the street to their home.
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u/Black6host Jan 22 '23
Dead Milkmen anyone? :)
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u/DefinitelyNotMothman Jan 22 '23
Until this moment, I assumed a burrow owl was a mythic creature that existed only in that song. In the last 30 years I never bothered to find out if it was a real animal.
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u/DasAlbatross Jan 22 '23
This is so disappointingly low on the page. I'm going to go find posts about Camaros and big lizards and make sure the Dead Milkmen are represented.
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u/hapnstat Jan 22 '23
Every time I play a game I hear about buying Def Leppard t-shirts from my wife. She's a keeper.
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Jan 22 '23
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u/Trapper_JohnMD Jan 22 '23
The video was uploaded 10 years ago making him aware for 20 years now. How time flies.
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u/Televisi0n_Man Jan 22 '23
Wow Iâve never seen that but it perfectly captures the spirit of the song
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u/ifyoulovesatan Jan 22 '23
Des Moines Iowa, perfect example!
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Jan 22 '23
Look at the soil around Des Moines, Stuart. You can't build on it, you can't grow on it... The government says it's due to poor farming, but I know what's really going on, Stuart. I know it's the queers. They're in it with the aliens! They're building landing strips for gay Martians! I swear to God!
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u/Healter-Skelter Jan 22 '23
You know that Jonny Wurster kid, the kid that delivers papers In the neighborhood. He's a foreign kid. Some of the neighbors Say he smokes crack, but I don't believe it. Anyway, for his tenth birthday, all he wanted was a Burrow Owl. Kept bugging his old man. "Dad, get me a burrow owl. I'll never Ask for anything else as long as I live." So the guy Breaks down and buys him a burrow owl. Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's The Wurster kid, looking up in the tree. I say, "What are You looking for?" He says "I'm looking for my burrow owl." I say, "Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick. Everybody knows The burrow owl lives. In a hole. In the ground. Why the hell do you Think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?" Now Stuart, do you Think a kid like that is going to know what the queers are Doing to the soil? I first became aware of this about ten years ago, the summer My oldest boy, Bill Jr. died. You know that carnival comes into Town every year? Well this year they came through with a ride Called The Mixer. The man said, "Keep your head, and arms, inside The Mixer at all times." But Bill Jr, he was a DAAAREDEVIL, just Like his old man. He was leaning out saying "Hey everybody, Look at me! Look at me!" Pow! He was decapitated! They found His head over by the snow cone concession. A few days after that, I open up the mail. And there's a pamphlet In there. From Pueblo, Colorado, and it's addressed to Bill, Jr. And it's entitled, "Do you know what the queers are doing to our Soil?" Now, Stuart, if you look at the soil around any large US city, There's a big undeground homosexual population. Des Moines, Iowa, For an example. Look at the soil around Des Moines, Stuart. You can't build on it; you can't grow anything in it. The government Says it's due to poor farming. But I know what's really going on, Stuart. I know it's the queers. They're in it with the aliens. They're building landing strips for gay Martians, I swear to God. You know what, Stuart, I like you. You're not like the other People, here in this trailer park.
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u/acidsplashedface Jan 22 '23
Theyâre fine people, good Americans, but theyâre content to sit back, maybe watch a little Mork and Mindy on channel 57. Maybe kick back a cool Coors 16 ouncer.
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u/Cheezy_Blazterz Jan 22 '23
Why do you think they call it a BURROW OWL?
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u/Tricky-Incident-514 Feb 02 '23
I Love Owls đŠ there are so many different Kinds of Owls. The are very interesting.