For those of you that have read my recent post about photographing the burrowing owl, you might be interested in knowing there is a pair of burrowing owls on the way down to the Bear River Bird Refuge auto tour route on Forest Street.
The owls are actually on private land that borders a portion of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, but they are fairly close to the road.
It appears they have an active nest again this year. I have seen the owls in this general location for a couple of years now, and I have seen them a little further west on refuge property a couple of times in years past.
Refuge personnel have told me a few years ago, the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge historically had burrowing owls in this area before the floods of 1983-84, which wiped out most of the refuge and its habitat.
It’s good to see them trying to make a comeback in this area.
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I am working with one of the private landowners in this area to hopefully install a few artificial nests for burrowing owls in the future.
More about that project will be made available in a future blog post when a few things come together, but for now we do have one active pair of burrowing owls that can be seen on the drive to the refuge.
You can find them in the vicinity of the first cattle guard.
I won’t give out the exact location of the burrow, but the owls are pretty easy to find late in the evening from what I have seen.
And once again, they are on private land so keep to the public road and don’t trespass or attempt to get closer to the owls.
I offer this information to help people get interested in wildlife but hope everyone will respect private land and the wildlife during the breeding season.
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