[EBB Sightings] Burrowing Owl on Lone Tree Way Antioch

neat! on a similar note does anyone know if the burrowing owls that were liveing next to Hillcrest Park n Ride, Antioch in '04-'05 are still there? 

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Mike "troll" Dame
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Arachnid Wrangler
Antioch, Cal.

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From: A Kenck 
> This afternoon, Saturday 6/9 4:00 PM, I saw and
> photographed a single Burrowing Owl near Walmart on
> Lone Tree Way, Antioch.  I remember another member
> posting this location for Burrowing Owls last year but
> I have not seen the owls recently.
> Walmart is at the intersection of Lone Tree Way and
> Hillcrest Ave both intersect Highway 4.  The actual
> site is the vacant lot between Walmart and OSH
> (Orchard Supply Hardware).  If one were to extend a
> line between the front door of Walmart and the front
> door of OSH, the owl was standing roughly on that line
> in the center of the vacant lot.
> To me this seems to be a terrible spot for any bird to
> nest.  The lot seems barren, right next to a very busy
> parking lot, and people walk through the vacant lot. 
> I saw a group of people walk within 20 feet of the
> owl, it hid, and then returned to its "perch" on the
> ground.  They did not see it.  I assume the owls know
> what they like best.
> Good birding,
> Alan Kenck
> Hercules
> 
> 
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