The Florida scrub jay’s ancestors, along with 10 other bird species, arrived from the American West around 2 million years ...

Florida’s dwindling population of burrowing owls is having trouble finding homes. So, one island town is letting the birds stay in residents’ yards, rent-free. Those humans can then pocket an ...

Burrowing owls typically live underground in natural burrows that they’ve taken over from prairie dogs, ground squirrels or ...

Observation tips Burrowing owls arrive at their breeding grounds in March throughout the western Great Plains and southern Florida and begin to migrate south in August and September. They use open ...

A burrowing owl at Shoreline Park in Mountain View. Courtesy Tom Grey. For years, Mountain View has been at the forefront of conservation efforts to monitor and protect burrowing owls at Shoreline ...

Early accounts of the owl in California described it as one of the state's most common birds. In the late 1860s, according to one ornithologist, “burrowing owls stood on every little knoll” around San ...

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 ...

In Washington, burrowing owls are rare. Their population has sharply declined as development takes over areas where they’ve lived for years. Small, brown and speckled with bright, charismatic ...