Burrowing Owls Profit Off The End Of The World

These pint-sized birds are one of the few that can benefit from deforestation.

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Animalogic Created by Dylan Dubeau and Andrew Strapp
Executive Producer, Director, and Director of Photography: Dylan Dubeau
Host: Aranya Iyer
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Exploring The Feathered Frontier

[animalogic]

Just in time for the Super Bowl we have an episode on the most superb owls! Enjoy!

[vishalgiri]

based on their nest finding characteristics, they should be called as Borrowing Owls

[eduardoprieto]

An angry looking prairie owl staring out its burrow is the cutest thing I've seen

[Nathan-ffit]

I cannot believe how perfect and lucky this shot was: 0:11. It's like the owl knew what was happening and wanted its debut to be perfect.

[DanGamingFan]

Ever since I first heard of them from the movie _Hoot, _ I've absolutely adored these little guys. I knew that they collected dung to attract dung beetles, but had no idea they raised so many owlets at a time, so thank you for teaching me that. They're a perfect example of niches being filled by the most unlikely of animals, and I love them to pieces.

[snowkracker]

When I was a kid in the 80s we walked through a field and there was a hole in the ground. We were looking in it and started seeing something looking back at us. It was a family of burrowing owls. One of my oldest memories.

[peterjones]

They're like the owl version of meerkats

[samuelaraujomedeiros]

I live in southeastern Brazil. There used to be a family of burrowing owls living just outside my house. I think they lived in a hollowed out termite nest. That was some eight years ago. As our neighborhoog urbanized, they disappeared. But I used to be amazed at them when I was a kid.

[mypal]

I saw a burrowing owl popping out of it's burrow one time. That stare says "I'm not having it! Shoo!"

[Beryllahawk]

Absolutely the most superb owls, indeed! I first learned about these little guys when my son got into the "Guardians of Ga'Hoole" books. At first I thought they were made up - owls living UNDER the ground?!? - but everything I've learned about them since has just been awesome!

[jackielinde]

Burrowing owls can be found in Arizona. Estrella Mountain Community College (part of the Maricopa Community College network) had to delay construction on one of their buildings because a burrowing owl nest was found in the construction site. If I remember correctly, this was like a decade ago, and they were just waiting for the birds to "move along" before construction resumed.

[quokka_]

Those burrowing owls have such a heartwarming smile!!

Oh wait, that was the host, Aranya. 😊

[phillipowen]

I saw a burrowing owl once outside my old job, a shipyard. They’re tiny and pretty smart, the one I saw actually hid in the shadows of a power line pole to avoid people leaving work

[TimAllen]

"Hole Full of Feces" is my favorite GWAR song.

[elmono]

There's a novel called Hoot which is about a teenager and his friends who must protect a flock of burrowing owls from bulldozers that are sent from a Breakfast restaurant chain to build their new location. 🦉

[DreamDaddie]

YES! Video evidence, my wife still denies that these owls exist. Thank you!

[cadburybunny]

Used to see these all the time out on my Aunt's farm as a kid. So adorable to see the lil babies skittering around like fluffs on stilts. Glad to see my home Province getting some positive videos about it again.

[crazioma]

Thank you for doing a segment on my favorite owl. I'm just tickled to see them - and the prairie dogs. I've argued with property owners for the dogs' protection on behalf of themselves and the owls (and others) for years. My dad was once a military range warden at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma decades ago when I was young, before the environmental movement really took off; and he was adamant that every little living thing kept something else alive with us at the top of the pile. "Take any of those little things away, and you'll find human beings falling off their pedestals, too." How right he was. NB. I am so enamored by the wonderful animal art! I'm gonna go broke next month sooner than usual.

[rob_]

Wow these owls are so photogenic. Gosh they are so cute.

[TheDanielCobra]

Around 3:36 and 4:50 the birds living inside that concrete slab are not burrowing owls. These are little owls living in Crimea, filmed by the channel My-Mriya Crimea Wildlife. Be sure to check them out, they have a lot of interesting wildlife videos.