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B URROWING O WL By Caroline

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P HYSICAL C HARACTERISTICS The length of the burrowing owl is only 10 in. The weight of the burrowing owl is only 6 oz. The color of the burrowing owl is brown, white, or tan.

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L IFESPAN The burrowing owl can live up to 9 years in the wild. The burrowing owl can live up to 10 years in captivity.

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EATING HABITS / DIET The burrowing owl is a carnivore. They eat moles, mice, insects, grasshoppers, beetles, and birds.

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P OPULATION The burrowing owl has less than 10,000 breeding pairs left in the United States.

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H ABITAT /R ANGE The burrowing owl lives in Mississippi and in Florida.

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A DAPTATIONS The burrowing owls eyes help it see its food. The burrowing owls wings help it fly to find food. The burrowing owls claws help it catch food.

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F UN F ACTS The burrowing owl can lay up to 3-12 eggs.

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E NDANGERED BECAUSE The burrowing owl is endangered because of too many prairie dogs, hawks, and snakes eating them.

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R EFERENCE Defenders of the Wild. 2012. www.defendersofthewild.org www.defendersofthewild.org