In early April, the houses, 12 each on four poles at Sirenia Vista Park in Cape Coral, remained empty, waiting for the thousands of purple martins to arrive on their annual migration north from South America.
Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife is working with the City of Cape Coral to designate land in a Northwest Cape Coral neighborhood for gopher tortoise habitat.
Cape Coral environmental activists are pushing for more protections for gopher tortoises in the city, through an ordinance and the designation of a preserve.
With more than 30 years of experience watching and studying the purple martins, Cheryl Anderson has a strong grip on the birds’ behaviors and is the person to ask pressing questions such as:
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.
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.
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
This year marks a century since the passenger pigeon became extinct; an awful fact, indeed, but also an opportunity to reflect on the fragility of nature and change our ways.
Most people, even fisherman who spend a great deal of time in the open ocean, are unaware of these unique birds. Imagine a bird that rarely ever sets foot on land, only doing so for the brief nesting season!
