My eight-year-old and I chanced across this beautiful Burrowing Owl at the Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds where we also saw more than 400 wintering Canada Geese. Notice how its two pupils are dilated in inverse proportion to the amount of light hitting them.
We were surprised to see an owl up and about in the day. While they are nocturnal like most owls, apparently they are sometimes active in the daytime, especially when building their burrows. You can see this bird's burrow just behind it, to the right.
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