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orleans

(34,055 posts) Sun Oct 23, 2022, 03:48 AM Oct 2022

Burrowing owlets.. 😊

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Burrowing owlets.. 😊 (Original Post) orleans Oct 2022 OP

Was the pipe their original nest? Can the mother get to them? Baitball Blogger Oct 2022 #1

Pipes are typical zoo habitat. It gets them started. eppur_se_muova Oct 2022 #2

My family vacationed in s.w. Fl Marthe48 Oct 2022 #3

The look on their faces! Marthe48 Oct 2022 #4

More owls from Matt Poole: sl8 Oct 2022 #5

Baitball Blogger

(46,727 posts)

1. Was the pipe their original nest? Can the mother get to them?

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Sun Oct 23, 2022, 09:54 AM

Oct 2022

eppur_se_muova

(36,266 posts)

2. Pipes are typical zoo habitat. It gets them started.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 23, 2022, 10:19 AM

Oct 2022

They can dig their own tunnels later. Zoo staff will care for them in loco parentis.

Marthe48

(16,967 posts)

3. My family vacationed in s.w. Fl

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Sun Oct 23, 2022, 10:29 AM

Oct 2022

in 2018. We were inland about a mile from the Gulf, and there were burrowing owls. My daughters knew to watch for them on undeveloped lots-they are protected, and if they have a burrow on the lot, you can't build.