A decommissioned military base in northeast Oregon provides sanctuary for a recovering burrowing owl population.
Source: KUOW
“WHY AM I NOT BURROWED?!?!??! WHY AM I NOT BURROWED??!?!?!!”
Wow, this sounds really interesting, I’ll have to listen to the whole thing!
Love the story title too!
Goodbye chemical weapons, hello burrowing owls
Also, powerful quote from the project leader:
“There are two important days in your life: the day that you’re born, and the day you find out why,” explained David Johnson, founder of the Global Owl Project. “I know why I was born — for the owls. So I’m going to work with owls until my very last breath.”
Good call. I was thinking about this song as I made the post.
At 17:40 and 19:35 in the audio you can hear the owls’ rattlesnake sound they make to scare potential predators, for anyone interested.
Here is a picture of an artificial burrow being installed.
I found this guide to the burrow construction with lots of details.
PDF - WA Fish and Wildlife Guide to making artificial burrows
ORLY?
