For each sound stimulus, we recorded the time to first alert response to broadcast sounds (latency) and also how frequently the target burrowing owl exhibited an alert response within the first ten seconds of the broadcast (intensity). Burrowing owls reacted more quickly to the prairie dog ...
thepast,agriculturalchemicalssuch asDDTmayhaveadverselyaffected BurrowingOwlreproduction.Itisnot knownhowsignificantthesefactors presentlyareinBritishColumbia. Someowlsarealsokilledbyhigh- waytraffic.Naivejuvenilesthatfeed onroad-killedanimalsoroninsects attractedbywarmpavementatnight, areparticularlysusceptible. ...