Burrowing Owls T-Shirt

Burrowing owls breed across the grassland regions of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. They occur in all states west of the Mississippi Valley, breed south through the western and mid-western States. A separate subspecies is found in Florida and the Caribbean Islands. They extend south into Mexico, Central America and South America but populations have declined in many areas due to human-caused habitat loss or alteration. Birds from the northern part of the U.S. and Canada are migratory. They are highly terrestrial, and are often seen perched on a mound of dirt, telegraph or fence post - frequently on one foot. They bob up and down when excited. Flight is with irregular, jerky wing beats and they will frequently make long glides, interspersed with rapid wing beats. They hover during hunting and courtship, and may flap their wings asynchronously (not up and down together). The burrowing owl is endangered in Canada, threatened in Mexico, and a species of special concern in Florida and most of the western USA.