From Texas to Tennessee: Burrowing Owl Makes Odd Migration, Draws Attention of MSU Scientist, Team
March 05, 2024
March 05, 2024
STARKVILLE, Mississippi, March 5 (TNSres) -- The Mississippi State University issued the following news:
Birds migrating from north to south are a given but migrating from the southwest to the southeast is a little rarer. A burrowing owl is overwintering on a Tennessee River peninsula near New Johnsonville, Tennessee, marking the first sighting of the species in the state, and a Mississippi State wildlife ecologist is researching the fascinating oddity.
As the burrowing . . .
Birds migrating from north to south are a given but migrating from the southwest to the southeast is a little rarer. A burrowing owl is overwintering on a Tennessee River peninsula near New Johnsonville, Tennessee, marking the first sighting of the species in the state, and a Mississippi State wildlife ecologist is researching the fascinating oddity.
As the burrowing . . .