The Burrowing Owl Nests Underground

by Yiyou Pan, age 7

Burrowing Owls have special abilities to help them survive. At night, these birds use their bright yellow eyes and ability to camouflage to find prey. Burrowing owls are typically seen on early mornings or late evenings.

Female Burrowing Owls are larger than males. This is because they have to protect their babies from predators attacking their nests, which is where the babies are located. They use human made materials like buckets, pipes, tubing, and so much more! Burrowing Owls live in grassland, deserts, and other habitats that have many insects and rodents they can eat.

Burrowing Owls have sandy brown wings and breasts. They also have white under their tails, throats, and eyebrows, along with tan colored beaks. These owls spend most of their time underground in burrows. They dig their own burrows or sometimes steal from Prairie dogs or badgers.

Sometimes people push the owl’s nests to build homes, stores, and apartments. Climate change is also hurting the Burrowing Owl population by destroying their homes. These owls are important to our ecosystems, so we should try our hardest to save them.

[Sources: National Geographic Kids; CornellLab]