Esther Schindler

2026-09-01 23:50:24

A 10,000-acre Arizona solar farm became an unexpected safe haven for 19 burrowing owls displaced by development. Conservationists built them 40 artificial homes, and the colony soon produced 36 chicks.
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Workers built an Arizona solar farm to generate electricity beneath the desert sun, but tiny burrowing owls

Burrowing owls moved into an Arizona solar farm, where artificial tunnels became an unexpected nursery for 36 chicks.

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