Burrowing owl slides into home plate and is safe!

Burrowing owl slides into home plate and is safe!
A burrowing owl makes a cool landing at a burrow in Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)

A fun bit of action from this cool little raptor that just arrived back in Colorado. It and its mate were keeping their distance initially, just far enough away to prevent me from getting quality shots. I waited patiently (which is not easy for me) and was rewarded when one of them began working their way closer.

It would fly about 20 feet closer, land, and then watch me. Then, another 20 feet closer. Then again. This was taken on one of its first hops as it put on the brakes coming in for a landing.

It was a pretty long shot and I got closer ones but I loved the action shown here. Unlike our hometown Colorado Rockies, this player is definitely a winner. 😉

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