Portrait of a burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia, a small, curious owl that lives in the abandoned burrows of prairie dogs and other ground-dwelling ma

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Portrait of a burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia, a small, curious owl that lives in the abandoned burrows of prairie dogs and other ground-dwelling mammals.

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Photo credit: © Buddy Mays / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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