Burrowing Owls Endangered

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Burrowing Owls (Endangered)
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Description of the burrowing owl

• Small, tiny owl
• 15-25 centimeters from head to tail
• Bright, yellow eyes with white eyebrows
• Weighs 170 grams
• Beak can be yellow or green
• Legs are long and grayish
• No ear tufts
• Spots on the back

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Habitat

• Can be found in grasslands, ranchlands and other
  dry areas
• Nests in burrows
• Lives in Canada
• Migrates to Mexico
• Uses badgers, or groundhogs burrows to live in

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How they are becoming endangered?

• Their habitat is getting taken over by roads,
  grain fields, buildings, and oil sites.
• There are less badgers and groundhogs because
  farmers are killing them. This affects Burrowing
  owls since they do not build their own burrows.
  Therefore, badgers and groundhogs help them.
• Even though burrowing owls are predators, they
  are not at the top of the food chain. It means
  that other predators can eat them.
• They are also going on the road and getting
  killed by careless drivers.

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What west Dalhousie school is doing to help

• Mr. Messer and Ms. Viitalas class are trying to
  save burrowing owls so they wont be extinct in
  the next twenty years. We are trying to raise
  money so that Burrowing owls can have a better
  life. Some people suggested to have bake sales,
  fundraisers, or put posters around the school so
  other students are informed that Burrowing owls
  are endangered. We can help by teaching other
  people to try not to do things that might harm
  Burrowing owls. Please try to support the
  Burrowing owl by sending this to as many people
  you know.

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How we can protect the burrowing owl

• We can protect the Burrowing owl by driving
  carefully on highways.
• Try to get rid of pests another way instead of
  using pesticide.
• Give Burrowing owls space to hunt.
• Stop creating pollution try walking to a close
  destination instead of driving.
• Let other people know so they can help.
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References

• http//www.mb.ec.gc.ca/nature/endspecies/burrowing
  /db04s06.en.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrowing_owl
• http//www.saskschools.ca/gregory/animals/burowl1
  .html
• http//www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id32
• http//www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genusAthenespec
  iescunicularia
• http//nature.ca/notebooks/english/burrowl.htm
• http//www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGui
  de/Burrowing_Owl.html
• http//images.search.yahoo.com/search/images_ylt
  A0oGkwG8F8tH0VAB2UFXNyoA?eiUTF-8pburrowing20ow
  lfr2tab-webfrslv1-ptec

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TheEnd
By JonathanL. Grade 4