Riverside County: Prescribed Burn Scheduled at Lake Mathews.
Monday, June 3rd, through Friday, June 14th, 2024... CAL FIRE / Riverside County Fire Department, in cooperation with Riverside
County Habitat Conservation Agency, and Metropolitan Water District, will be conducting a a vegetation management prescribed burn at Lake Mathews. The prescribed burn at Lake Mathews accomplishes the goal of rehabilitating the burrowing owl and Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat (SKR) habitat through eradication of invasive, non-native grasses and weed species. This allows mammal species to find food and make homes.
@DataAngler Barred owls. And they look floofy! The one on the right is certainly a kid - not sure about the one on the left - older sibling, or young parent?
@EZLorenzImagery We do have them in zoos and the like. I saw a couple in Canada when I was there a year ago, or maybe Alaska, one of the two! Beautiful birds.
I put an owl nest box up at my sister's house last winter and a pair of Western Screech-Owls moved right in this spring. She calls the female Enid and the male DoorDash since he brings her food all the time. #owls
Hard to beat the owl encounter on today’s trail run, but it was a beautiful morning, everything is greening up, and once my creaky body loosened up it was a great run. #TrailRunning#outdoors#owls
I see Barred Owls on rides and hikes pretty regular, but today’s trail run was first time one flew over my shoulder, within a few feet, to land on tree right in front of me. #owls#trailrunning#birds