After fledging, the owlets spend three months with their parents.
In 2007, a nesting pair of burrowing owls and their two owlets were sighted on a restored prairie.
Spotted owlets, however, show only a slightly lower melatonin concentration at night with a slight increase in the early afternoon.
Because so few of these owlets are known it is most likely that they are near threatened or rare.
When food stressed or nesting in close proximity, adult burrowing owls will sometimes capture owlets from other nests to cannibalize or feed to their own young.
However, at, it is slightly heavier than the long-whiskered owlet and the elf owl.
