Cape Coral, Florida Protects Thousands of Burrowing Owls

Topics: Environment
Featured on Episode 3 of the 2009-2010 season, aired on Wednesday, September 30, 2009.
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Cape Coral, Florida is home to that state’s largest population of burrowing owls. Fans of the little owls are asking for help to keep the feathered residents safe. As their name implies, burrowing owls live in burrows in the sandy ground, and you can see them either peeping out of their burrow or standing just outside of it. The Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife volunteers are asking residents to watch for nests - in their yards or in vacant lots - and mark them off with tape so no one goes near it with a lawn mower, and to keep the vegetation around the burrows neat and trimmed.

Additional Information:
More on Cape Coral's Burrowing Owls
Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife
All About Burrowing Owls from Cornell Lab
Owl Pages
Defenders of Wildlife
Burrowing Owl-ThinkQuest-Created by six fourth graders

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