Heidi: Ahh Scott, what lovely pictures! Worth A Dam can’t wait to add to your labors, we are a greedy folk....
Eileen: Wow, very cool post. It is great news about the artificial burrows. I have never seen a burrowing owl and I...
Mike B.: What a great project! Every time I drive by that installation I stare at the mounds and think about...
Lana: How very awesome of y’all. Keep up the good work! Lana: OMG…How horribly ridiculous. I’m sorry to hear about this–but not surprised, unfortunately....
July 23rd
I had intended to keep a snippet of details regarding the plight of the Antioch owls in this section, but as the battle heated up early in the year I lost track of posting new details. This was especially true since I was trying to keep a valid "owl count" from prying eyes; owls returned to only be evicted again. Well, as of July the burrowing owl and ground squirrel population has remained at a disheartening zero.
Although things are bleak for "my" owls, I am happy to say that my burrowing owl conservation activities have moved to the next level within the city, county, state and nation because there are more colonies that are in dire need of assistance.
With that said, keep an eye on Journowl.com and head on over to a new organization that is dedicated to turning a declining population into a thriving population.
Burrowing Owl Conservation Network
Scott | August 27, 2010
A quick flick of her wrist and her index finger was motioning me to check my lip. There was a little blood, but I wasn’t surprised considering over the last two days we had logged 17 hours under the increasingly warming sun. My lips were cracked but I hadn’t noticed until now. Lines of dirt [...]
Scott | August 26, 2010
Cover-up! Yeah, it’s an understatement and it’s more than a strategy of concealment under the classic definition. The sad thing about the situation is that I’ve witnessed an ACTUAL owl cover up. Literally. Active burrows that we have been monitoring since February, one of which safeguarded the results of a successful breeding pair, were covered [...]
Scott | June 1, 2010
On a Memorial Day whim my wife and I loaded up the dogs and set out to find the elusive Haera Conservation Bank. It is something I have been meaning to do for quite a while now, and as we had bypassed participation in all common holiday activities the afternoon was open for exploration. I [...]
Scott | May 19, 2010
Over the last couple of months I have referred to a burrowing owl project that I was developing, but for the most part I left the details rather vague. I was a little leery about announcing a project before I even formally submitted it, let alone release details before it has even been approved. But [...]
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