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 ...

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 ...

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 mature burrowing owl and three young chicks sit at the entrance to their nest in Brian Piccalo Park in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Burrowing Owls are the only North American owl ...

Cape Coral Wildlife Trust has acquired 81 lots to preserve burrowing owl habitat, thanks to a grant from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The owls thrive in the city's sandy lots ...

Five small but mighty owls were introduced to their new home on the Ramona Grasslands Preserve Tuesday — part of an ongoing effort to reverse the rare species’ shrinking population. At just a few ...

Teachers, students and staff at Tommie Barfield Elementary School helped the Burrowing Owls of Marco Island organization safely rescue an owl chick that was stuck in a drainage area at the sc MARCO ...

I fell in love with burrowing owls while attending college at the University of California, Davis, in the mid-‘90s. At that time, burrowing owls could regularly be seen in the agricultural fields and ...

They decorate home exteriors, make food runs, help feed the babies and stand guard against intruders. The burrowing owl is no deadbeat dad. On this Father’s Day, we tip our hat to this endearing owl ...

The Burrowing owl population is thriving and growing on Cape Coral. The results for 2025 Cape Coral Burrowing Owl Census were announced on Aug. 6. When the counting concluded during the weekend of May ...