Scott | June 24, 2011

TweetThe Urban Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia urbanus) is increasingly finding itself under anthropogenic expansionist pressures.  As a result, once fertile habitat is being lost as the invasive Concrete coverupus and Asphalte disruptus continue to encroach throughout North America.  As traditional habitat shrinks we [society] wonder why this species would choose to occupy landscapes clearly ordained [...]

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Scott | June 22, 2011

TweetWith a number of documentaries hitting theaters, NatGeo, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and so forth over the past few years, I imagine most of us have now encountered the renowned courtship behaviors of the male Bowerbird.  As seen in the photo, they take on a fairly unique approach that may include rocks, plastics, shells, sticks [...]

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Scott | June 7, 2011

TweetIt’s still not too late to join us for either of these events in Lincoln, CA on June 8th and the 15th… During the month of June volunteers can join Placer Land Trust, Defenders of Wildlife and Burrowing Owl Conservation Network at our Lincoln Preserves to install artificial burrow systems for the Western Burrowing Owl.  [...]

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Scott | June 3, 2011

TweetWhile wandering about ~20,000 acres in eastern Oregon surveying burrowing owls, Mother Nature decided to kick up the wildlife show by a few notches and light up the sky.  Although the light show happened on the waning days of our project, I just couldn’t help but skip a chronological retelling of the trip’s events, especially [...]

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