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A burrowing owl sits inside an entry tube of an artificial burrow. Jason Fidorra Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Pasco, WA In Washington, burrowing owls are rare. Their population has ...
A pair of burrowing owls that hitched a ride to Spain aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship sailing from PortMiami earlier ...
It’s kind of hard not to be smitten with the burrowing owl. Standing just 9 inches tall and weighing less than a cup of coffee, these owls prefer to live in the ground, where they feed mainly on ...
Owls are a symbol of wisdom, but they are not particularly street-smart. In fact, they are quite frequently struck by cars. Considering this, and a whole host of other dangers posed by humanity, the ...
Once upon a time (in July), beneath the water-logged soil in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges, a perfect tiny crayfish lived in a burrow on the edge of a perfect gurgling stream. The crayfish was only as ...
Burrowing owls aren’t your average owls: They don’t live in trees, and they’re not nocturnal. They make their nests underground — usually in abandoned rodent burrows — and are active both day and ...
Birds soar through the sky, perch on branches and nest in trees. They do not live underground like rodents. In the natural world, however, there are always exceptions. One of these exceptions lives ...
On the Umatilla Chemical Depot in Eastern Oregon, old juice barrels serve as homes for tiny burrowing owls. The former apple, peach and strawberry barrels have been refashioned and buried to create ...
Burrowing owls in San Diego County — counted at 500 to 600 about 30 years ago — now number in the double digits at only a handful of sites. Over the years, their continuing decline across California, ...