3dRose Baby Burrow Owl - Greeting Cards, 6 x 6 inches, set of 12 (gc_7347_2)

at one time burrowing owls were probably the most numerous owls in North America adapting to living in burrows dug by prairie dogs across vast stretches of grassland this.l became the only Raptor in the world to live underground today burrowing owl numbers have fallen to perhaps less than 1% of what they were a hundred and fifty years ago this el survived ice ages and challenges for millions of years what changed to dramatically reduce the owl population to settle the West farming and ranching converted wild grassland like that's shown here into farms and fenced grazing land the map shows where most of this occurred today owls only live at the far margins burrowing owls continue to be at risk due to land conversion for new homes or other operations that can cover the Burrow entrance the good news is that it is possible to identify Al's at risk safely remove them and relocate them to art