A few burrowing owls

Love these owls, they have such character! Nice captures.

These guys always look mad. LOL

Thanks Guys.
Well Mitch these guys have plenty to be mad about. Some time in Auguest they are getting evicted !!! The Land owner decided last year to develop the land. (Like we really need more homes in Las Vegas right now). They started leveling the lots in Febuary when I was there to photograph the owls. I got on the phone and called a friend to report what was happening. Later that day the construction crew was handed a stop order untill after breeding season. The burrows are being monitored to see how many chicks there are. Some time Auguest / September when all the owls are out of the burrows a team will go in and collapse the burrows and relocate the owls.

Randall n LV wrote in post #10495089
Thanks Guys.
Well Mitch these guys have plenty to be mad about. Some time in Auguest they are getting evicted !!! The Land owner decided last year to develop the land. (Like we really need more homes in Las Vegas right now). They started leveling the lots in Febuary when I was there to photograph the owls. I got on the phone and called a friend to report what was happening. Later that day the construction crew was handed a stop order untill after breeding season. The burrows are being monitored to see how many chicks there are. Some time Auguest / September when all the owls are out of the burrows a team will go in and collapse the burrows and relocate the owls.

Here in Florida NO ONE can remove a Burrowing Owl's nest for any reason. They are an endangered species here and if you own a lot they nest on, you are out of luck as far as building on that lot until the birds abandon that nesting area/

Good work by you guys in getting these birds some protection to raise their young in peace!

I would rather see them collapse the homes and relocate the people. As a worse case scenario, they could leave the burrows and build the houses around them, leaving them as a feature, sort of like a playground.

canonloader wrote in post #10495193
I would rather see them collapse the homes and relocate the people. As a worse case scenario, they could leave the burrows and build the houses around them, leaving them as a feature, sort of like a playground.

Agreed, Mitch. It's crowded enough where I live. Leave nature in peace, at least SOMEWHERE. Sick of this "paving Paradise", especially since they're happily ruining our Gulf!