A Cape resident is appealing a Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission decision that gives the city of Cape Coral permission to remove a burrowing owl nest from a downtown park where the city holds one of its biggest events each year.
A Southwest Florida brewery says it’s come up with a beer to help Cape Coral’s official bird: the burrowing owl.
Owl burrow destroyed by home construction in SW Cape Coral.
Watch a collection of captivating burrowing videos
Two of Cape Coral’s best-known residents, the gopher tortoise and the burrowing owl, will soon be living in protected lots all over the city.
Q & A – Florida burrowing owl Questions generated by the public and stakeholders at summer 2017 open house meetings.
The storm left the birds without a place to go back to, and many of them were injured. The owls are all over our community, and without a home, they’ll become scarce.
Welcome to The Great Cape Coral Burrowing Owl Census 2017. Their task: Crisscross Cape Coral’s mazes of canal-cut streets, scanning yards and medians and vacant lots for burrowing owls.
A burrowing owl nest in Cape Coral appears to have been burned, and neighbors say it may have been intentionally set.
A growing population in Cape Coral may be hurting the threatened burrowing owl.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is currently investigating after a resident in the area reported several burrowed owls were found dead on the property.
The storm left the birds without a place to go back to, and many of them were injured. The owls are all over our community, and without a home, they’ll become scarce.
“By anecdotal observation, we’re not seeing as many burrowing owls now,” said Pascha Donaldson, spokeswoman for Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife. “They’re losing habitat. My guess is the population is going down.”
About a half a dozen times a year, Cape Coral residents and visitors get the remarkable opportunity to take a low-priced, guided eco-tourism tour to view protected, threatened and endangered wildlife species that make their homes within the city limits.
Burrowing Owls on Fox 4 Now, Paradise TV
The video was created by Melia Coughlin and Morgan Gilmartin. They are both 10th graders at Oasis High School and are in video production class of Vivian Theriault.
WGCU goes in search of feathered friends by way of the 20th Annual Burrowing Owl Festival in Cape Coral