"Now the burrowing owl and Cape Coral will be synonymous." Bertolini said highlighting the owls would draw more people to the Cape and increase tourism with wildlife lovers and others. When is ...

California wildlife policymakers have opted to protect the diminutive Western burrowing owl as they consider listing the rapidly declining species as endangered or threatened. The state Fish and ...

Donate now. California’s western burrowing owls may soon see greater protections as a petition to list some populations of the bird as endangered has advanced through a state agency. This is the ...

A petition to list the western burrowing owls as an endangered or threatened species was accepted on Oct. 10 by the commission, making the unusual owl a “candidate” for protective status under ...

(CN) — The western burrowing owl is inching closer to possibly being protected in California after the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife agreed with a coalition of environmental groups that the ...

and discovered Cape Coral’s quirky “Ground Owl Day” annual tradition, where residents watch a burrowing owl mascot predict ...

A burrowing owl at Shoreline Park in Mountain View. Courtesy Tom Grey. For years, Mountain View has been at the forefront of conservation efforts to monitor and protect burrowing owls at Shoreline ...

A tiny, brown-feathered bird — a Western burrowing owl – perched inside of it, staring out at her with wide yellow eyes. Miller laughed out loud. “They seem like little people,” she said.

They’re helping burrowing owls get their underground homes ready for the season. The site is home to deer, songbirds and North America’s largest population of burrowing owls, said Jon Bloom ...

The burrows, as well as the human-made rubble pile burrows created by people working to restore this portion of the Devereux Slough, are a good home for pint-sized burrowing owls. On a sunny Friday ...