Burrowing Owls

So I had a friend call and let me know that she saw some owls by her house and that I needed to come take some pictures.  Everyone had told her they were screech owls, but it turned out that they are the endangered burrowing owl.  There were two different owls where she took me.  The smaller one was a little shy.  He is the one in the first picture.  In this picture he is peeping out of the hole at me.  I was able to get one shot off before he hid back down in the hole.  The other owl just sat and posed for me the whole time.  After I got a few shots, we went around to the other side of the canal and they were both sitting together. This time the smaller one posed perfectly for me almost the whole time and the bigger one was the one continually looking around.  I guess the smaller one was finally okay with me. These guys stood about 7-10 inches tall.  They are not very big, but just the cutest guys ever.