burrowing owls

At Naval Air Station Lemoore, near Hanford, California, the combination of ground squirrels and burrowing owls attracts birds of prey like red-tailed and Swainson’s hawks that can cause damage to aircraft using the facility. The U. S. Navy worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Air Station personnel and others to devise a strategy to solve the unsolvable: permanently move owls away from runways.