Rare burrowing owl found dead in West Berkeley park
A rare burrowing owl was found dead recently at Berkeley’s Cesar Chavez Park, raising some concern in the community.
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Western burrowing owls are back on Berkeley Marina
The burrowing owls that make their home at César Chávez Park on the Berkeley Marina every year are back.
Can’t get enough of them: Berkeley’s burrowing owls
We admit we are suckers for these adorable birds, so when regular Neil Mishalov sent us these two gorgeous pics, it didn’t take long to decide to share them with you, even though it was barely two weeks ago that we published another photo of this beautiful bird.
Burrowing owls come out to preen at Berkeley Marina
The Berkeley Marina’s much loved burrowing owls were out and about this weekend. Berkeleysider Greg Merritt caught this shot of one of them on Saturday afternoon. He said it was taken at the special fenced-off area near the Tom Bates/Gilman Sports Complex.
