Burrowing Owl, Point Reyes National Seashore
![_MG_8493-Burrowing-Owl-Point-Reyes-National-Seashore A burrowing owl stands atop a badger digging and scans its territory.](http://jimcoda.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/mg_8493-burrowing-owl-point-reyes-national-seashore.jpg?resize=620%2C460)
I went out to Point Reyes recently looking for badgers and anything else worth photographing. I didn’t see any badgers. However, one benefit in looking for badgers is that you sometimes find burrowing owls using the badger holes or burrows. Most of the time when I spot a burrowing owl the only part of it I see is its head and yellow eyes staring at me. This owl was kind enough to do more than peek out the front door.
![_MG_8505-Burrowing-Owl-Point-Reyes-National-Seashore A burrowing owl stands atop a badger digging.](http://jimcoda.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/mg_8505-burrowing-owl-point-reyes-national-seashore.jpg?resize=620%2C476)
I sometimes wonder what happens if burrowing owls go into holes that have badgers or weasels in them. I know I won’t stick my hand down one of those holes.