Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) female and ten chicks aged a few weeks. Marana, Arizona, USA. May.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) one moving its head - with blurred motion. Marana, Arizona, USA, November.

Jiri Lochman / Burrowing Bettong / Boodie (Bettongia lesueur) looking around at night. Dorre Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) at sunset, standing on one leg, Marana, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. October.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) with head turned to one side, Marana, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. October.

Brian Bevan / Pantaloon bee (Dasypoda hurtles) entering burrow with pollen, Bedfordshire, England, UK, August.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), two huddled together. Marana, Pima County, Arizona, USA.

Sue Daly / Common lobster (Homarus gammarus) shovelling gravel out of a hole, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

Rosl Roessner/ BIA / Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) pair, Florida

Bence Mate / Two Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) fledgling with adult about to take off, Pantanal, Brazil.

Bence Mate / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) fledgling with head on side, Pantanal, Brazil. November.

Donald M. Jones / Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) owlet greeting parent, Montana