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The burrowing owl is a California species of special concern, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bird of conservation concern, and has protections under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It is not ...
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 ...
The petition requests endangered status for burrowing owls in southwestern California, central-western California and the San Francisco Bay Area, and threatened status for burrowing owls in the Central Valley and southern desert range. [35] [36]
Advocates say the decline of the burrowing owl in California has accelerated. They want the state to add the bird to the endangered or threatened list.
Western burrowing owls. The western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) nests at Shoreline Park near the mouth of Stevens Creek. In 2008, Mountain View evicted a pair of burrowing owls so that it could sell a parcel of land to Google to build a hotel at Shoreline Boulevard and Charleston Road. [26]
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 ...
Burrowing owls statewide will be protected while the California Department of Fish and Wildlife conducts a full status review, which could last 12 to 18 months.
Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia): Species of concern in California. Owing to their large range and population size, they are listed by IUCN as Least Concern, though the population trend appears to be decreasing. More than 70 percent of the California population is found within the Imperial Valley.