Laserfiche WebLink
- Wait until November 1 or until it can be confirmed that-owls have left the area before moving <br />forward with the project of <br />-Carefully monitor [he activities of the owls, noting and marking which holes they are using. <br />The owls may use several holes in a dog town. This is 1l9I easy to do and may take <br />considerable timel When all the burrowing owl holes have been located and marloed, prairie dog <br />holes more than 150 fed away fmm the owl holes can be poisoned or disturbed with little <br />danger to the burrowing owls. Poisoning or disturbing closer holes may endanger the birds. <br />Incidentally, bulldozing an active prairie dog town is not recommended for htmrarte masons, <br />regardless of whether burrowing owls are present. <br />BURROWING OWL IDENTIFICATION <br />Adult burrowing owls are small, about 9-11 inches in total length. They are brown with while <br />spotting and white barring on the chest. They have long legs in comparison to other owls. <br />Juveniles are similar to the adults but smaller, and have a white to buff colored chest without <br />barring. <br />W <br />d <br />a <br />,~ <br />i <br />a <br />