But human population explosion has reduced the charismatic western burrowing owl's breeding populations by more than 60 percent, and counting. Early accounts of the owl in California described it as ...

11. Miller wrote the petition on behalf of the center as well as Defenders of Wildlife, Burrowing Owl Preservation Society, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, Urban Bird Foundation, Central ...

She transported the bird to their wildlife hospital on Fairview Avenue, where it was taken immediately into care. According to the SBWCN, burrowing owls may migrate across the Santa Barbara Channel, ...

"The population of this small bird has been in sharp decline over the last 50 years." Activists submitted a petition to state wildlife officials in March calling for the burrowing owl to be listed ...

A social media influencer who used to live in southwest Florida has donated a plot of land she owned where burrowing owls ...

Other prey animals include reptiles, amphibians, and small birds. THREATS: California's remaining burrowing owls are threatened primarily by habitat loss to urban development, persecution of ground ...

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State officials are asking the public's input on whether to grant the species protection under the California Endangered ...

The birds roost and nest underground and are vulnerable to land encroachment and other disturbances. Burrowing owls at Shoreline Park in Mountain View in 2011. Courtesy Tom Grey. “Shoreline is ...