Adult male <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Athene_cunicularia" title="Athene cunicularia">Burrowing Owl</a> guarding the burrow, Carrizo Plains, California. I did not see the female but I suspect she is deep in the burrow sitting.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/8987759@N07">Kevin Cole</a> from Pacific Coast, USA
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