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Burrowing Owls of Cape Coral

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These owls don’t live in a state park or any sort of protected area, they live in the neighborhoods, right next door to stucco middle-class Florida homes, going about their business in a landscape of manicured lawns and screened-in porches. There were three burrows, each with a tenant.

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The rise of the urban falcon

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The peregrine’s comeback was due to protection and the birds’ own powers of recovery. It is good to report, too, that the clergy has been generally supportive of their high-rise tenants. The falcons’ low-point was 1963, when only three breeding pairs were known in southern England, and only 13% of Welsh eyries were occupied.

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It’s Time to Clean Out Your Nest Boxes

10,000 Birds

Tangles of wild plants and dense undergrowth left to thrive in chosen areas of your property will provide shelter, protection, and natural nesting and roosting sites. First and foremost, with regular, frequent visits to each nestbox, you may be able to spot problems threatening your tenants.

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