burrowing owl
a long-legged terrestrial owl, Athene cunicularia, of North and South America, that digs a nesting burrow in open prairie land.
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Lights strobed through the night and propane cannons fired to ward off rare burrowing owls, tiny San Joaquin kit foxes, antelope squirrels and other wildlife.
Oil Companies Are Profiting From Illegal Spills. And California Lets Them. | by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun, and Lylla Younes, ProPublica | September 18, 2020 | ProPublicaA small burrowing owl lives in the squirrel holes, and you may catch him easily in the daytime, when he cannot see.
Stories of California | Ella M. SextonIf it be summer and the sun well down, there will be a burrowing owl to call.
The Land of Little Rain | Mary AustinIn passing through a village of prairie dogs, of which we saw great numbers, Mr. Peale killed a burrowing owl.
Unlike other species of owls, the burrowing owl is especially fitted for a subterranean mode of life.
It is not possible to disassociate the call of the burrowing owl from the late slant light of the mesa.
The Land of Little Rain | Mary Austin
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