Burrowing owls typically live underground in natural burrows that they’ve taken over from prairie dogs, ground squirrels or badgers. Unlike nocturnal owls, they are active during the day.

A burrowing owlet peers out from its burrow. Photograph By Kevin Lohman In the wild, juvenile owls have a dismal 30 percent survival rate over the winter, but by collecting a number of the young ...

Locally, the Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife (CCFW) is leading efforts to protect the burrowing owls. The group’s work includes recruiting residents to volunteer to mark and monitor owl burrows ...

The 23rd-annual Burrowing Owl Festival features exhibits, demonstrations, live animals, speakers, arts-and-craft vendors, kids activities, bus tours of nearby owl burrows and more. It’s ...

Since then, she's returned to her home state of New York; and the property, well it's been gifted to a wildlife organization for the preservation of burrowing owl and gopher tortoise habitat.

When gardeners think of pesky intruders, rabbits often steal the spotlight. But there's another less conspicuous culprit, the vole.