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 ...

These birds of prey are fascinating ... An oddity in the owl world, burrowing owls are among the few species to nest underground in grasslands and deserts. The southern Florida populations ...

“In mere decades, California has seen the decimation of formerly thriving populations of burrowing owls, once one of the more common birds in California,” said Scott Artis with Urban Bird Foundation.

"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 ...

Four burrowing owls were released back into the wild in Lake Havasu City this week, after they were temporarily relocated ...

While that do have the ability to fly, burrowing owls live up to their name and inhabit abandoned burrows in the ground.

and there was a bird standing on this cross, and I’m wondering, what in the world is that,” said Beverly Saltonstall, Author of Burrowing Owls Don’t Hoot. Burrowing owls, standing at about ...