January 20th
I have delayed posting a new owl count for quite some time as I was trying to send out positive vibes and honestly I was so busy working on the issue that it was pushed aside. But unfortunately, I have not observed any owls since Jan 14th on the Kiper Homes' Blue Ridge development in Antioch, CA. With my observations extending well over a year, it is quite disheartening to see this parcel of land transform from a booming owl community to a mere ghost town.
Although these owls may be gone, the work to preserve this magnificent species will continue throughout the East Bay and at the State level. Continue to monitor this JournOwl for the latest information on a push to change Fish and Game eviction policies that are contributing to owl population declines.
A Burrowing Owl Omen
Larry Jordan: Congratulations on the new digs Scott, Dee, Catherine et al! We can make a difference and I feel a...
Matt @ Promotional Bags: I’m scared to say I get the latter feeling you had Jason, that it’s interests...
Pat Bumstead: Plastic owls are about all the wildlife CDFG should be allowed to handle. .-= Pat Bumstead´s last blog...
jason: Larry hit the nail on the head: I’m not at all surprised. Disappointed, yes, but not surprised. Next... Larry Jordan: I, for one, am not surprised. It is interesting to note that the AG’s office seems to expect...
GreenSpot-On :.
Scott | October 24, 2008
Well after the other day’s post, I got to thinking of the last coyote sighting I had 10 months ago. I didn’t realize such an occurrence was about to be a rarity. Without further adieu…
Unable to ignore the less than subtle hints (i.e. barking, whining, pacing) any longer, my wife and I took our two [...]
Scott | October 21, 2008
I am ashamed to say that I may be guilty of falling into an observational torpor and have completely failed to recognize the lack of recent local wildlife sightings. As I sit here racking my brain to identify the last time I saw a rabbit, a burrowing owl or a coyote, I can’t help but [...]
Scott | October 13, 2008
Arriving at my doorstep sometime within the last few weeks was the latest volume of the Journal of Conservation Biology. After shuffling it around from room to room, I finally peered inside and was struck by a new publication addressing the issues surrounding sun grown coffee. I thought this was a subject that had already [...]
Scott | October 5, 2008
Severely depleted during the intense whaling periods of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the right whale, so duly named by whalers as a profitable species for their thick layer of blubber, oil yield, baleen, slow speed, surface dwelling behavior, and post-mortem floatability, is still, in the 21st century, hovering on the brink of extinction. [...]
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