fatchance: Urban bird: Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area
fatchance: Urban bird: Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Phoenix, Arizona. Volunteers working with the Rio Salado Audubon Center have constructed over 200 artificial burrows throughout the park. The owls normally occupy and re-purpose burrows dug by small mammals like ground squirrels. -- source link