by Taylor Denolf | Aug 25, 2021 | Burrowing Owl Recovery, Manitoba Burrowing Owl
The burrowing owl young in the Manitoba Burrowing Owl Recovery Program are nearly grown. A total of 28 young from five conservation-release nests were banded, weighed and had a small blood sample taken on July 22. The blood samples are taken to determine sex as...
by Taylor Denolf | Aug 9, 2021 | Burrowing Owl Recovery, Manitoba Burrowing Owl
Burrowing owls are one of the smallest owl species with rapidly decreasing populations across Canada’s prairies. The Manitoba Burrowing Owl Recovery Program’s (MBORP) addresses the on-going decline of burrowing owls in southwestern Manitoba, and this...
by Taylor Denolf | Jul 29, 2021 | Burrowing Owl Recovery, Manitoba Burrowing Owl
The adult burrowing owls have been hard at work these past several weeks, incubating and raising their young. We have had the pleasure of watching 28 burrowing owl young grow from tiny 8 gram white fluff balls to 130-140 gram wide-eyed young owls. Burrowing owls are...
by Taylor Denolf | Jun 23, 2021 | Burrowing Owl Recovery, Manitoba Burrowing Owl
“You can’t be afraid to get your hands dirty!” was one of the first remarks I heard at the location of our artificial nesting burrow installation site, soon to be home to 10 conservation-release burrowing owls. I later recalled the truthfulness of...
by Taylor Denolf | May 20, 2021 | Burrowing Owl Recovery, Manitoba Burrowing Owl
I imagine spotting a burrowing owl in the prairie grasslands to be similar to finding a needle in a haystack or spotting Waldo in a “Where’s Waldo” book. Weighing only 125-185 grams, or the average weight of a russet potato, the burrowing owl is a...
by Maja Hampson | Feb 21, 2019 | Burrowing Owl Recovery, Western Painted Turtle
One of the first things I learned about western painted turtles is that the patterns on their plastrons (a.k.a their lil’ bellies) are unique. The patterns are like our finger prints, no two are exactly the same. They are so unique that we here at...
