On my street, there are five active construction sites for new homes. The remaining vacant lots are “hosts” to burrowing owls and gopher tortoises. According to Audubon Western Everglades, (AWE) the most common cause of death for gopher tortoises and burrowing owls are vehicular strikes. The slow-moving gopher tortoise is no match for speeding construction and landscape vehicles and both tortoises and owls are at high risk for habitat loss. Read more...