Defenders' Experts
Cactus Ferriginous Pygmy-Owls: In the Field
Defenders of Wildlife is funding critical research on population trends of Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls on both sides the US-Mexico border. Unfortunately this science continues to confirm that the status of the western population of pygmy-owls is in dire straits. In fact, research done in 2006 by University of Arizona Research Specialist Aaron Flesch showed that the pygmy-owl population in Sonora, Mexico – immediately south of the Arizona border – has suffered a 26% decline since 2000.
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