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...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | Aug 6, 2015 | Burrowing Owl Recovery
It’s been a very productive year for the British Columbia Burrowing Owl program. The season began with record numbers of owls returning from migration (many of these yearling males, making the long trip back from southern wintering sites in Washington and...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | Jun 9, 2015 | Burrowing Owl Recovery
This year so far has been a very exciting one especially since we have encountered the most returning owls ever across all of our sites in BC. We have located about 50 owls coming back from migration to the South Okanagan, Nicola Valley and Lac du Bois. This year we...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | Apr 16, 2015 | Burrowing Owl Recovery
Just wanted to let you all know that we had a very successful weekend preparing the sites in the Nicola Valley, British Columbia, in advance of next weekend’s burrowing owl releases. The students from British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and their...
