In Popular Culture
In fiction
- Carl Hiaasen's young adult novel Hoot (2002) is about a group of school children trying to stop the planned construction of a pancake house that would go hand in hand with the destruction of the Burrowing Owls' habitat in a small town in Florida. Live Burrowing Owls were featured in the New Line Cinema and Walden Media movie adaptation.
- There is a Burrowing Owl named Digger featured in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky. He is a major character in the series. There are several less prominent Burrowing Owls in the series. Digger is also featured in the 2010 film based on the series.
- In the 2011 film Rango a group of Burrowing Owls is depicted as a band of Mariachi players.
In sports
- The Burrowing Owl is the official mascot for the intercollegiate athletic teams of Florida Atlantic University, as the campus is a National Audubon Society designated burrowing owl sanctuary. (The sports teams, though, simply go by "Owls".)
In music
- Featured in several songs by the Dead Milkmen, most notably the song "Stuart".
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