Some burrowing owls have darker eyes, more black than yellow. I have found that these dark-eyed owls also tend to be younger owlets, as I have yet to encounter an adult burrowing owl myself with similarly dark eyes. This one owlet had little Golden specks in its eyes, which reminded me of a dark galaxy being lit up with little stars.

Lee County | Cape Coral, FL | May 16, 2019

1/1000 sec at f/5.6 | 125 ISO (-2/3 EV) Nikon D850 | Nikon 200mm-500mm f/5.6 ED VR (Shot from a tripod at 500mm & Cropped)

Dimensions: 1302 x 1953

Post Processing: Adobe Lightroom; Topaz Sharpen AI

*Includes: Full Resolution JPEG

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