From Alex Phan
Re-process this image I took back in 2020. We won’t have another opportunity to capture this scene since the area is already filled with 1 million square feet of commercial buildings. :(
2 family of the Burrowing Owl gather together. One Dozen.
Whereabouts in the world?
Took me a minute to find it, he doesn’t label things but I found it in comments: Ontario, California
Wow thanks for going the extra mile for the info!
Once I get start chasing a question, I gotta have an answer or I’ll go craaaaazy! 🤯
12! I’ve considered myself lucky to see 1-2 in the same location
Gotta follow the few that actually manage to tolerate each other! 😜
I always say the Long Eared Owl doesn’t capture the attention it deserves here, and it’s one of the few the not only tolerates other LEOs, but they able to get some massive gatherings together.
That’s awesome, it didn’t occur to me you could get enough owls together for a flock
It doesn’t happen all that often or with many species. Burrow owls live communally, so they’re a bit of a special case. LEOs don’t do it all the time or in every place. That photo I shared is from a very specific time and place. I don’t believe there is any exact understanding as to why, but there is one specific place in the world where the Long Ears gather during migration and they swarm this one specific town and there are just hundreds of them everywhere, and there are many reports of 100+ in a single tree. Schools close for the week and the kids go out and take an owl census and all kinds of crazy stuff. I plan to do a writeup on it at some point, but my motivation has been poo recently.
