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Burrowing owls are slightly tolerant of human presence, often nesting near roads, farms, homes, and regularly maintained irrigation canals. The owls nest in a burrow, hence the name burrowing owl. If burrows are unavailable and the soil is not hard or rocky, the owls may excavate their own.
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 ...
Where there are no trees, like in the Arctic, the huge snowy owl will nest on the ground. The burrowing owl will borrow a burrow created by a burrowing rodent. The elf owl, our smallest, often ...
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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 ...
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. Western screech-owl, Megascops kennicottii; Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio; Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus; Snowy owl, Bubo ...
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.