{"id":8340,"date":"2021-04-10T06:45:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T10:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flgcc.com\/?p=8340"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:56:33","slug":"burrowing-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/10\/burrowing-owl\/florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Burrowing Owls on The Move"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of my favorite birds to photograph is the burrowing owl. They are absolutely adorable. The past few years we&#8217;ve had to travel 90 minutes to Cape Coral, FL to find them. The city of Cape Coral has become a sanctuary city for the owls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-stretching-right-wing.jpg\" alt=\"Burrowing Owl Stretching Right Wing\" class=\"wp-image-98622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-stretching-right-wing.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-stretching-right-wing-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-stretching-right-wing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-stretching-right-wing-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-stretching-right-wing-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-stretching-right-wing-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Burrowing Owl Stretching His Right Wing<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>But this year, thanks to a tip from fellow photographers and bird watchers, we were able to find a nesting pair much closer to home. It was exciting to see these little birds of prey move north. Unfortunately, loss of habitat has reduced their population over the years to the point of being threatened or even endangered in certain areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-on-ground-by-nest.jpg\" alt=\"Burrowing Owl On Ground By Nest\" class=\"wp-image-98621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-on-ground-by-nest.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-on-ground-by-nest-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-on-ground-by-nest-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-on-ground-by-nest-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-on-ground-by-nest-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-on-ground-by-nest-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Burrowing Owl on the Ground By His Nest<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>For a larger selection of photos, go to the galleries listed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/gary-walker-photography\/galleries\/nature\/birds\/burrowing-owls\/\">Burrowing Owls<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite birds to photograph is the burrowing owl. They are absolutely adorable. The past few years we&#8217;ve had to travel 90 minutes to Cape Coral, FL to find them. The city of Cape Coral has become a sanctuary city for the owls. But this year, thanks to a tip from fellow photographers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2743],"tags":[2774],"class_list":["post-8340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","tag-nature"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210323-4-burrowing-owl-looking-back-over-right-shoulder.jpg?ver","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109166,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340\/revisions\/109166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}