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Burrowing Owl ~ (Athene cunicularia)

I was sitting quite a ways back from the Burrowing Owl burrow with my 500mm watching one of the owls getting active looking for food and hoping to get a flight capture. All of a sudden the hungry owl flies right at me, and plops down about 10 feet from my position. I know the distance because it was near the fringe of my minimum focal distance as I had to step backwards. It caught the pair of Lovebugs and then looked right up at me as I took the picture. The moment caught us both by surprise!

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