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Here's a photo I made--shot from an ethical distance--of a burrowing owl south of the Salton Sea last fall. Note that the owl is relaxed and looking around as they do early in the morning. If I were too close, the owl would be hunkering down staring at the camera or would have dived into its burrow.

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A color portrait photo of a small thin owl standing in front of a dark hole, its burrow. The owl has long bare legs and horizontal light brown stripes across its chest. The owl is looking attentively toward the right with large greenish colored eyes.

Bob Tregilus

@elaterite@mastoart.social · 7 days ago

So a person set a GoPro at the entrance to a burrowing owl's burrow. There are dozens of comments about what a fantastic photo it is. Having photographed burrowing owls--from an ethical distance--near the Salton Sea ag fields, I know my friend Wendy down there would be horrified, as am I, by what the photographer did. It is wrong to disturb any bird to get-the-shot. 😡 The only reason to approach a burrow is to plant a small flag warning people--& tractors--to steer clear. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wemesq/with/54997651429