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Forgotten Prairies

10,000 Birds

Here in Colorado many species are affected, but perhaps none more than our beautiful Mountain Plovers and Ferruginous Hawks. So barren in fact it is not uncommon to find this grassland species occupying the same habitat as cattle or areas with high degree of human disturbance.

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Persistence Pays Off For Burrowing Owls

10,000 Birds

After five years of waiting and watching, we were so elated with this news of a successful breeding at the preserve that we applied for another grant from Audubon California. This property is also a site with vernal pools and uses cattle grazing for vegetation control. Nesting habitat use by Burrowing Owls in Colorado.

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