I took a drive up to Cape Coral, Florida on Sunday to visit a few of the city’s most famous feathered residents — Florida burrowing owls. These guys are a subspecies of burrowing owl that also live in the Bahamas. Cape Coral happens to be a place that a large number of them call home and they can be spotted throughout the heavily-populated suburban neighborhoods of the city. Burrowing owls are very small and they are diurnal rather than nocturnal. As the name suggests, they live in the ground, which is also somewhat unusual for owls. This guy was on guard duty just outside a burrow that was dug in the side yard of a church. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/640th of a second, Godox V860iii fill flash.
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I took a drive up to Cape Coral, Florida on Sunday to visit a few of the city’s most famous feathered residents — Florida burrowing owls. These guys are a subspecies of burrowing owl that also live in the Bahamas. Cape Coral happens to be a place that a large number of them call home and they can be spotted throughout the heavily-populated suburban neighborhoods of the city. Burrowing owls are very small and they are diurnal rather than nocturnal. As the name suggests, they live in the ground, which is also somewhat unusual for owls. This guy was on guard duty just outside a burrow that was dug in the side yard of a church. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/640th of a second, Godox V860iii fill flash.
If you thought Florida man was crazy, wait till you heard about how off-the-walls Florida burrowing owl is.
Beautiful photo.