84 captive-raised Burrowing Owls were released in April to established sites throughout the Nicola Valley to the South Okanagan. Most sites are on private ranch land and the landowners look forward to another season of having these superb “mousers” on their property. A family of owls can easily hunt over 2000+ mice per season and [...]

The non-stop rainy days are behind us and the weather has turned to warm and sunny days. The burrowing owl nests are hatching as is normal for the beginning of June. There will be some double clutching as owls with failed nests will try again with a new mate. Returning owls normally pair and hatch [...]

BC has developed a very ambitious captive breeding and release program for burrowing owls, after the species was virtually extirpated from the province in the 1980′s.  The Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC is trying to restore a healthy population of these charismatic little owls back to the grasslands where they once lived. The breeding part of the project [...]