Burrowing Owl Bonanza in South Texas

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Burrowing Owls are a truly fascinating owl species with a lifestyle unlike any other owl species in North America. When one of these strange birds was reported in the Rio Grande Valley while we happened to be in the area, we knew we had to go try and find it.
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@valeriekoch9128 Жыл бұрын

The burrowing owl is thinking, here comes the paparazzi.

@staufferfamily9629 Жыл бұрын

Burrowing owls are so cute! That white tailed hawk was beautiful too. Thanks!🙂

@boredwarlock5216 Жыл бұрын

"Obligatory turkey vulture" lol. Thanks guys!

@birdz.n.birdiez Жыл бұрын

Burrowing Owl is definitely on my bucket list! Actually, Turkey Vulture is the only bird in the video I have seen........yet! Great video, thanks!

@shortypictures Жыл бұрын

owls are really fascinating! I just saw a saw-whet owl the other day :)

@snowyowl5556 Жыл бұрын

Lmao he looks grumpy

@BadgerlandBirding Жыл бұрын

I think he was grumpy. It was 30 degrees colder than usual.

@snowyowl5556 Жыл бұрын

@@BadgerlandBirding 😂

@zachmatchinski1764 Жыл бұрын

I'm working a seasonal job in southwest Florida right now, and there are Burrowing Owls everywhere around where I'm living, and they are definitely one of my favorite species in the area

@kevinreichenbach5326 Жыл бұрын

OMG, you guys went down to San Benito to find the most photographed burrowing owl in the lower Rio Grande Valley. While you're there, check out Laguna Vista, Laguna Atascosa, and South Padre for birding.

@barbaracole709 Жыл бұрын

The burrowing owl is such a cutie 🥰 ❤

@antlerking69 Жыл бұрын

The desert is very cool, seeing Burrowing Owls and Roadrunners together 👍🏼

@nancywhite2014 Жыл бұрын

I was at the Rookery Bay birding festival in January 2020 and encountered burrowing owls on one of the events in Marco Island. It was a lifer for me! Many other species native to Florida were also lifers for me that week.

@lindap9079 Жыл бұрын

I saw my Lifer Burrowing Owl in a cherry tree outside a Post Office in W. Washington. Years later, on a trip to Florida I saw them "in the wild". They are a special bird. Thanks for sharing your Burrowing Owl adventure with us.

@MrTmiket0007 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing another wonderful video like always 👌👏

@stefangoldensteinwildlife9929 Жыл бұрын

Really cool find guys. Congrats. greets Stefan

@HelloAwkwardSilence Жыл бұрын

If you guys are still in the Rio Grande Valley check out Estero Llano Grande State Park. Best place to see Common Pauraque. Also they have had a Gadwall/Northern Pintail hybrid for several years winter there. Also Bentsen Rio Grande State Park is the best for hawk watching and your best chance for Hook Billed Kite. Happy birding!

@janeenpfeiffer3465 Жыл бұрын

Those were some very cool birds!! Thanks guys💕

@Chris_Wolfgram Жыл бұрын

These are very cool little birds :) I've gotten some great shots of them here in Nor Cal :) Been thinking about them again lately. Watching this video makes me want to try to go find them again :)

@Beryllahawk Жыл бұрын

Burrowing owls are just great. Superb, even :D (Yes, I HAD to say it)

@Florafauneando Жыл бұрын

Interesting to see another perspective on this species with observers like you, thousands of kilometers from where I live, in South America, where the species is very common, they are even seen in suburban neighborhoods living in large gardens or in vacant lots. Perhaps in the countryside their populations are dwindling because of the insecticides used in agriculture. I liked the two owls at the beginning, they are wonderful, for me it would be a dream to see them.

@TheDutchBirder Жыл бұрын

Cool video. Loved the wt hawk!

@soonerjhtravels Жыл бұрын

Nice! I found bunches of them in the Lake Abiqiui NM area a couple years ago. pretty cool owls.

@MaidenBklyn Жыл бұрын

Burrowing owls are the coolest. I have yet to see one, but I saw a Little Owl in Spain that looks very similar. Also, If you guys ever make it to Brooklyn, it would be great to meet you and bird the hot🐦 spots ….and you don’t need a car! Keep up the great work!

@carolshannon6449 Жыл бұрын

Nice trip!

@jessamineprice5803 Жыл бұрын

soooo cute!!

@blazertundra Жыл бұрын

They are fairly common out in the western US. They love farmland and open praries. There are actually professional humane owl removal services here for when they won't leave a construction site. Apparently they wait until babies are starting to leave the nest and they block it with a one way door so the birds can leave but not go back in. Speaking of weird places to put burrows, my friend has a favorite neighborhood burrowing owl family living in a planter on a road median. Not sure how the landscapers will plan to maintain the bushes with a protected species nesting inside.

@johnpradarelli9991 Жыл бұрын

What appropriate timing with this video! I’m flying out tomorrow, and heading to San Antonio for a week. Hoping to sneak in some birding while I’m there. As always, thanks for another great video.

@lisamorrowpeculiar Жыл бұрын

Very timely! I fly to El Paso this weekend from MKE and am also following the hot tips and photos from eBird out that way to find burrowing owls. Wish me luck, its been a whole winter of barred and long eared fails in WI for me so far...

@birdman5223 Жыл бұрын

Wow👍🏻👍🏻

@djhayko123 9 ай бұрын

I live in south Texas in Robstown and my backyard is just like this and I noticed an owl these past 2 weeks but didn’t know what time but thanks to this video I know what type of owl it most likely will be. And I can take nice pictures of it just got to look for it’s hole since there isn’t much trees I thought they lived in a tree but didn’t know they like holes instead haha thank you

@larrydurkee5741 Жыл бұрын

We visited Zanjero Park in Gilbert AZ a few years ago to see the burrowing owls. There is farm country nearby so I assume they hunt in the fields. I believe they were relocated there and they live in man made pipes located in the old reservoir sides. Also a good place for roadrunners and hummers. Good parking lot and a decent trail around and through the rain retention reservoir. I believe that is a concrete well crock that your owl was roosting on BTW. 🇨🇦