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While some species of burrowing owl can dig their own burrows, most species rely on burrowing animals to burrow holes that the owls can use as shelter and nesting space. [37] There is a high correlation between the location of burrowing animal colonies, like those of ground squirrels, with the presence of burrowing owls.
Burrowing Owls at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. The Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge encompasses many varied habitats despite its desert location. Besides the Sonoran desert scrub, the refuge contains wetland, farmland, shoreline, and open water habitats. Several refuge habitats are intensively managed.
The area forms a habitat for black-tailed prairie dogs and burrowing owls, among many other species. [2] Some 175 acres (0.71 km 2) of the refuge carries the designation of National Natural Landmark. [3] Buffalo Lake NWR lies within a canyon carved by Tierra Blanca Creek, an ephemeral stream that stretches across northern portions of the Llano ...
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 ...
Owls may well be able to recognize individuals of their species by their unique voices. “Each individual great horned owl has a signature hoot,” Jennifer Ackerman reports in her book, "What an ...
Western barn owl: Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) 11 American barn owl: Tyto furcata (Temminck, 1827) 12 Eastern barn owl: Tyto javanica (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 13 Andaman masked owl: Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume, 1875) 14 Ashy-faced owl: Tyto glaucops (Kaup, 1852) 15 African grass owl: Tyto capensis (Smith, A, 1834) 16 Eastern grass owl: Tyto longimembris ...
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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