
Cape Coral spends $200k protecting owl nests
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
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