Burrowing owls are being found dead in their nests after picking up rats that have ingested rat poison left out by people in Cape Coral. “I lose sleep,” said Pascha Donaldson with Cape Coral Friends ...

They’re tiny, they're adorable and they’re Cape Coral’s official bird. We’re talking, of course, about burrowing owls. Everyone loves the soda-can-sized raptors, it seems, and this Saturday gives you ...

FLORENCE, AZ — Greg Clark gingerly handles a pair of cardboard carriers – each containing two small owls – as he joins a knot of sweating volunteers hammering stakes into the soil and shoveling dirt ...

David Johnson pulls a bucket off the top of an artificial nest May 25, 2024, to check on burrowing owl hatchlings on the National Guard grounds near Hermiston. HERMISTON, Ore. — Sixteen years after ...

Research at the Global Owl Project’s human-made burrowing owl network in eastern Oregon has revealed some fascinating habits of the tiny raptors. Here are five things that project Director David ...

CAPE CORAL, Florida (WFTX) — The little white sticks all over Cape Coral mark the homes of one of the city’s gems. “I didn’t know anybody in town, so I kind of rode around to see where I lived and I ...

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HERMISTON — Deep in the sandy terrain of Rees Training Center, a small owl with bright yellow eyes peered from an artificial burrow that became home to the most successful burrowing owl colony in the ...

Integrated Pest Management is a science-based pest management process which focuses on managing the ecosystem for the long-term prevention of pests and the damage they cause. The University of ...

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 ...