![burrowing owl](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4643/39089311182_84047c95f0_z.jpg)
Tho, this feisty owl appears to be starting the season off a bit Grinchy.
![buck & burrowing owl](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4730/38238422165_3cb727209c_z.jpg)
![buck & burrowing owl](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4686/25253668688_f525ba3a7b_z.jpg)
![buck & burrowing owl](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4684/39089309402_7dfe401401_z.jpg)
![buck & burrowing owl](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4591/25253667568_9379e2bc80_z.jpg)
I think that's the burrowing owl equivalent of the middle finger.
"Flap off buck!"
![burrowing owl](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4598/39089308312_bca73f5fe8_z.jpg)
Little owl should be glad that wasn't a reindeer. Could end up with a burrow full of coal.
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References:
- Nature of a Man (this blog) - Inter-species Interactions
- Nature of a Man (this blog) - Roaming the Badger Belt
- Nature of a Man (this blog) - Owls in the Fox House
- Nature of a Man (this blog) - Burrows are like Christmas
- Burrowing Owl Conservation Network - Burrowing Owl Facts
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology - All About Birds - Burrowing Owl
- Wikipedia - Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)
I have never encountered a burrowing owl, at least near a burrow. Thanks for the visit!
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