Biologists and technicians help burrowing owls get their underground homes ready for the season at the site of the ...

A badger is pictured at the Umatilla Chemical Depot in this file photo. Burrowing owls nest in burrows dug by badgers, prairie dogs and other animals. Badgers disappeared from the site when the U ...

confirmed that we’d found a burrowing owl. After a moment, the bird disappeared, likely back into the burrow borrowed from a ground squirrel. The only ground-nesting owl, the 10-inch-tall ...

The burrowing owl isn't your average owl: It doesn't live in trees, and it's not nocturnal. It makes its nest underground — usually in abandoned rodent burrows — and is active both day and night. But ...

Meet the burrowing owl. Burrowing owls stand only less than 10 inches high. True to their name, the owls often occupy burrows excavated by prairie dogs in the western United States and gopher ...

Cape's burrowing owl population has grown and so has the love for these birds. Fox 4's Bella Line tells us about the Cape ...

As the name suggests, burrowing owls primarily roost and breed mainly in underground burrows, officials said. The burrows are often inherited secondhand from ground squirrels, "so a population of ...

Burrows are year-round homes for these owls ... round in managing appropriate habitat and conservation areas for burrowing owls and gopher tortoises. He stressed that the school received the ...

Adult females are slightly smaller and darker than males. HABITAT: Typical burrowing owl habitat is open, dry, sparsely vegetated land with available burrows, adequate food supply, and perches for ...

By partnering with landowners, agencies and residents to preserve the rural character and ecological richness in Ramona, the ...

Why do some owls nest underground but others in trees? Burrowing owls, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, are small, unusual owls that nest in underground burrows rather than trees. They ...

State officials are weighing listing the tiny birds as an endangered species, a decision that could have big implications for the farming and renewable energy-focused county.