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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.
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 ...
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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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.
Great grey owls do not build nests, so they typically use nests previously used by a large bird, such as a raptor. They will also nest in broken-topped trees and cavities in large trees. In southwestern and northeastern Oregon, the great grey owl has been using man-made platforms for nest sites since the 1980s.
The owls taught us so much and this is one more lesson in acceptance." The news of the nest failure brought an outpouring of reactions from many of the 9,900 followers on The Potted Owl Facebook page.