猫头鹰世界的反叛者(Rebels of the owl world)

忘了在树上寻找这些家伙。它们是穴居猫头鹰，这意味着它们生活在地面或地下。事实上，它们经常利用土拨鼠或地鼠等挖掘者的辛勤劳动，在挖掘和遗弃的洞穴中筑巢。把穴居猫头鹰想象成鸟类世界的擅自占用者。你会在北美和南美发现这些7½到11英寸的鸟类，特别是在草原、农业区或植被接近地面的干燥地区。
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Forget looking up in the trees to find these guys. They are burrowing owls, which means that they live on the ground or under it. In fact, they often take advantage of the hard work of tunnellers such as prairie dogs or gophers by building their nests in the burrows they dug and abandoned. Think of burrowing owls as squatters of the avian world. You’ll find these 7½- to 11-inch birds in North and South America, especially in grasslands, farming areas, or dry expanses with vegetation that is close to the ground.
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