🦉 Burrowing Owls are so tiny and easy to miss. This one was just barely poking its head out of its burrow—just enough for me to see half of its bright yellow eye. I laid there for over an hour before it finally hopped out. . Have you ever seen a Burrowing Owl in the wild? . . . . . . . . . . #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #NikonCreators #nikonca #nikon_canada #canada #birdingtours #birdtours #cangeo #sharecangeo | Trav in the Bush

Burrowing owls are amazing birds that inhabit the American prairie. However, due to habitat loss, these birds are close to being put on the endangered species list. Colleen Wisinski, from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, works closely with burrowing owls to make sure the population is doing well in Southern California. To learn more about the burrowing owls, tune in tomorrow to Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild on NBC. | Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

The burrowing owl isn't your average owl: It doesn't live in trees, and it's not nocturnal. It makes its nest underground — usually in abandoned rodent burrows — and is active both day and night. Once widespread in California and commonly nested in grasslands throughout low elevation areas of the state, these owls are in danger of being wiped out. Human population explosion has reduced the charismatic western burrowing owl's breeding populations by more than 60 percent, and counting. So this wee