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California wildlife policymakers voted to consider listing the Western burrowing owl under the state Endangered Species Act amid rapid population declines. 'Goofy' owls that nest underground ...
A renewed effort to list burrowing owls under the California Endangered Species Act just cleared an early hurdle. Conservationists say the situation for the owls that nest underground has only ...
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Osteology and DNA sequence data, though, suggests that the burrowing owl is a terrestrial member of the little owls genus (Athene), thus it is placed in that group today, by most authorities. A considerable number of subspecies have been described, though they differ little in appearance; the taxonomic validity of several is still up-for-debate ...
Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Flammulated owl, Psiloscops flammeolus (A) (SB) Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus (A) Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia; Long-eared owl ...
The Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Imperial Valley of California, 40 miles (64 km) north of the Mexican border. Situated at the southern end of the Salton Sea, the refuge protects one of the most important nesting sites and stopovers along the Pacific Flyway.
The burrowing owl lives its life the opposite of most owls. Rather than being active at night and living in trees, this bird spends the day awake and makes its home on the ground, Magle said.
Urban Bird Foundation was adopted by Earth Island Institute on July 24, 2010 as Burrowing Owl Conservation Network. [10] [13] Earth Island Institute provided the organization with fiscal sponsorship and administrative support for their grassroots efforts [18] until 2018 when Urban Bird Foundation incorporated in California as an independent nonprofit public benefit corporation and received 501 ...