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A burrowing owl makes a home out of a buried piece of pipe. A. c. floridana by its burrow in Florida. The burrowing owl is endangered in Canada [30] and threatened in Mexico. It is a state threatened species in Colorado and Florida [31] and a California species of special concern.
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.
In 2016, a birder sighted and photographed at least one burrowing owl being flushed out of the vegetation by dogs, who are not permitted within the closed area. The owl has since been spotted there again, but concerns remain about how dogs may affect this species, which is quickly disappearing as a result of human development.
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 ...
Prairie dog tunnel systems channel rainwater into the water table, which prevents runoff and erosion, and can also change the composition of the soil in a region by reversing soil compaction that can result from cattle grazing. Prairie dog burrows are 5–10 m (16–33 ft) long and 2–3 m (6.6–9.8 ft) below the ground. [20]
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 ...
English: A western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) near a ditch along Road Z amongst rice fields in Glenn County, California. Date 31 December 2021, 11:21:36
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