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🦉🦋🌱 Sign Up to Volunteer
Thursday - August 20th, 2026Tuesday, August 25th, from 9-11am
in Shoreline Park, Mountain View, to save our endangered burrowing owls and migratory monarch butterflies through habitat enhancement! 🦋🦉
The requirements to join are:
☀️ Wear sun protection (sunscreen + hat) and close-toed shoes and pants that cover your legs (to avoid scratching yourself on the prickly weeds)
💧 Bring a water bottle (and eat a hearty breakfast for energy)
🧑🧒 Be at least 12 years old, and accompanied by a guardian if under 18
🧤 Gloves will be provided as well but it's highly recommended you bring your own.
⛏️ The rest of the tools, such as shovels, pick axes, wheelbarrows, etc. will be provided.
If you've got your own tools that you love to use or would like to share, you're welcome to bring them! Some volunteers bring knee pads/a stool for added comfort.
If you'd like to RSVP, just reply back to me, and I'll send you the email with instructions on where to meet the other volunteers as well as an online waiver to sign!
Animal News with Aisha:
Thank you, Google Serve, for your help!
Thank you, Google Serve, for your help!
Thanks to Yi and Aliyah, 27 Googlers and their guests came out to join us last month in 2 dedicated Google Serve events supported by The Guardians!
We had 44 volunteers in total last month.
(Note: If the same volunteer comes out for 2 events then they count as 2.
I'm working on recalibrating the data to see how many unique volunteers we've had throughout the project,
but how I've been counting you guys is the standard way I've seen other projects count volunteers too.)
Also, welcome back, Mathew! We lost him for awhile there, but HE'S BACK!
Also check out that propagation from our native plants!
Thanks, Brady, for stepping in while Mathew was out!
Now, how are our owls doing? Uhhhhhh...
Parks & Rec have not posted how many owls there were last month,
so 11 owls in the month of June is the last count.
When we last had a full-time biologist at this time of year the count was 4x as many owls.
Meanwhile, I've been editing videos sharing what I've learned about Monarch Butterflies and art pieces I've made and added to my Etsy for fundraising,
including my first one-of-a-kind, glow-in-the-dark, UV-reactive, hand-painted Hawaiian fat cap hat!
I'm currently working on a long-form video to tell you about how I went undercover at the Hyatt to save their endangered African penguins,
and then I'll do another The Guardian Project/Milkweeds for Monarchs update video for you!
Please let me know if you can sign up for the next event!
Coo coo!
-Aisha
🦉🦋🌱 Volunteer Next Week
Thursday - July 23rd, 2026July 28rd from 9-11am
at Shoreline Park, Mountain View, to save our endangered burrowing owls and migratory monarch butterflies through habitat enhancement!
And give me your feedback, please!
The requirements to join are:
☀️ Wear sun protection (sunscreen + hat) and close-toed shoes and pants that cover your legs (to avoid scratching yourself on the prickly weeds)
💧 Bring a water bottle (and eat a hearty breakfast for energy)
🧑🧒 Be at least 12 years old, and accompanied by a guardian if under 18
🧤 Gloves will be provided as well but it's highly recommended you bring your own.
⛏️ The rest of the tools, such as shovels, pick axes, wheelbarrows, etc. will be provided.
If you've got your own tools that you love to use or would like to share, you're welcome to bring them! Some volunteers bring knee pads/a stool for added comfort.
There were 11 owls counted last month in Shoreline:
Please come help us because this is the only project we have left at Shoreline for us to help prevent our owls from being extirpated from the park!
If you'd like to RSVP, just reply back to me, and I'll send you the email with instructions on where to meet the other volunteers as well as an online waiver to sign the day prior to your event!
Animal News with Aisha:
Photographers behaving badly have been harming our owls!
Photographers behaving badly have been harming our owls!
Last week, Thursday, a volunteer spotted two photographers approach an owl burrow in Shoreline Park by the Google Athletic Fields.
During the breeding season (right now), you are legally required to be a MINIMUM of 250 feet from an occupied burrow
because burrowing owls are officially protected as a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act.
LOOK HOW CLOSE THEY WERE!
The volunteer observed the owls become visibly alert and vigilant before retreating into their burrow.
The volunteer took this photo doing what all birders should be doing, which is:
✅ Using a spotting scope
✅ Remaining on the trail (unless you're volunteering at Burrowing Owl Billows)
✅ Keeping a respectful distance (250'+)
✅ Telling the birders behaving badly that they are getting too close and need to keep their distance
After she informed them, politely, one left while the other continued, ignoring her.
She reached out to me and submitted a report through Ask Mountain View, which Brady (Shoreline Manager) responded to, installing a fence near the golf course access point to help prevent people from entering the habitat.
He also mentioned that the other end of the trail is under shared jurisdiction with Valley Water, so they'll need to coordinate any longer-term signage or barriers with them.
The very next day, she saw THREE photographers behaving EVEN WORSE:
they were now INSIDE the fenced area, spending a significant amount of time photographing the owls.
She called the Shoreline Rangers, and they came and asked the photographers to leave.
No citation was issued but at least the immediate disturbance was stopped.
She also reported this to Brady, who said, "We'll have staff visit the site with a biologist to determine the best method for blocking off the area without impacting the owls."
I'm glad she was there to see something, document what was happening, and informed myself, City Staff, and her birder community of this behavior so we can all help too.
Here's how you can help:
Please keep the exact location of any owls you see SECRET!
We suspect how these photographers are showing up in larger numbers with worse behavior is because their locations are getting posted to social media sites like eBird and Facebook birding groups.
If you see the burrowing owls' locations posted ANYWHERE, please email me with a link to where so I can see about getting this information removed by the host sites or at least I'd like to add to them how they can be fined:
While federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) infractions can carry individual fines of up to $15,000, CESA (California Endangered Species Act) violations can escalate quickly,
with civil penalties for "unauthorized take" (burrow disturbances, especially when leading to nest abandonment) ranging up to $50,000 per violation.
You may be thinking, "It's just a photo!"
But it's actually multiple photos, from multiple photographers, all assuming they're behavior isn't the problem.
This is a classic misunderstanding of wildlife behavior.
Even if the owls remain or return to the entrance of their burrows, it's not because they decided to relax—it’s hyper-vigilance.
They are forced to come back up to keep an eye on a perceived threat, because they may have to abandon their burrow to avoid it.
Even without escalation, every minute they spend monitoring a photographer is energy wasted that should be going toward resting, hunting, and feeding their young.
It's the cumulative impact from each disturbance that creates sustained stress for the owls, leading them to abandoning their nests, and even their chicks, for self preservation.
To share a specific example of where we've lost owls because of this kind of behavior, as relayed to me by another volunteer:
There used to be burrowing owls nesting over at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont.
A Stanford professor insisted on taking close-up photos of them, ignoring repeated, strong warnings from multiple birders.
Today, there are no longer any breeding burrowing owls at that site.
Whether it is directly correlated or not is hard to prove, but it is a very real, documented consequence of human disturbance.
If you see something, say something. If they don't listen, shoot them like they're shooting our owls,
so they can experience the discomfort they're causing first hand.
You are doing them a favor by giving them a chance to correct their behavior.
In today's day and age, you've got a camera in your pocket.
If you can get a video of them harassing our owls, with their faces,
I can run a social media campaign to identify, make an example of,
and garner support to penalize them using the law.
Did you see what happened with the man who threw a monk seal here in Maui?
Not only has a trial date been set for him, where, if convicted, he could spend up to a year in federal prison,
but his passport has been confiscated until his trial, he's already been banned from all Hawaii beaches indefinitely, and the locals took swift action and beat duh fuk him up.
He would've never had any consequences without that one video that one person who cared about the monk seal posted,
and now millions of people are aware of how NOT to behave towards an endangered monk seal worldwide.
I also have an IG account (@savetheburrowingowl) where I'd been reposting burrowing owl photographers' photos,
which we can use to lure and catch bad photographers while promoting the good ones who actually love and respect our owls.
I don't have the bandwidth to keep running it, but, if this task speaks to you or someone you know, email me.
Please help protect our owls!
Coo coo!
-Aisha
🦉🦋🌱 Volunteer Next Week
Wednesday - June 17th, 2026June 23rd from 9-11am
at Shoreline Park, Mountain View, to save our endangered burrowing owls and migratory monarch butterflies through habitat enhancement:
we've been primarily planting species-specific California native plants and weeding the invasive nonnative plants that can outcompete them for resources.
The owl count is at its lowest on record‼️
Please come help us because this is the only project we have left at Shoreline
for us to help prevent our owls from being extirpated from the park!
Thanks, Brady (Shoreline's Manager taking over for Mathew), for taking the group photos at last month's volunteer events!
Here are the requirements to sign up:
☀️ Wear sun protection (sunscreen + hat) and close-toed shoes and pants that cover your legs (to avoid scratching yourself on the prickly weeds)
💧 Bring a water bottle (and eat a hearty breakfast for energy)
🧑🧒 Be at least 12 years old, and accompanied by a guardian if under 18
🧤 Gloves will be provided as well but it's highly recommended you bring your own.
⛏️ The rest of the tools, such as shovels, pick axes, wheelbarrows, etc. will be provided.
If you'd like to RSVP, just reply back to me, and I'll send you the email with instructions on where to meet the other volunteers as well as an online waiver to sign!
There was a fire between North Road and the maintenance road on the south end of Shoreline near the dog park.
Here's where I garner specifically.
The Mountain View Fire Department arrived within 7 minutes of receiving the 911 call reporting “a loud explosion and smoke."
They did not find any evidence of fireworks and Pacific Gas & Electric found no transformer or power-line problems in the area,
so they are still investigating the cause of the fire.
I do wonder if it has anything to do with the recovered landfill, which leaks methane,
because it can cause a "loud explosion" with even a lit cigarette.
While the fire did not spread to any critical habitat with protected species,
the explosion, fire, smoke, and sirens could have caused our owls to flee.
Our male owl, whose mate may still be underground,
has already been photographed by Daniel (IG: @daniel_dezordo) looking quite worn out
compared to how he appeared a month prior.
Our male owl at the last Tuesday of May's volunteer event:
Our male owl at the last Tuesday of April's volunteer event:
Here's what Brady says about finding another full-time biologist to work at Shoreline to save our owls:
The job description for the full-time biologist is still under review.
I am working with an outside consultant.
We are still on schedule to fill the position this calendar year.
Milkweeds for Monarchs: Seed Bank
If you've been wanting to drop off/pick up California native seeds to start at home for transplanting at our habitat when they're strong enough,
Brady will be officially announcing the Seed Bank that Ranger Benny has set up at the June 23rd event!
-Aisha
🦉🦋🌱 Volunteer Next Week
Thursday - April 23rd, 2026Tuesday, April 28th, from 9-11am!
We have 5/15 volunteers who've RSVP'd so far:
Gary Kushner
Mathilde Constantino
Heather Cowper
Tracy Ferea
Gordon Ferguson
If you'd like to join them, here are the requirements:
☀️ Wear sun protection (sunscreen + hat) and close-toed shoes and pants that cover your legs (to avoid scratching yourself on the prickly weeds)
💧 Bring a water bottle (and eat a hearty breakfast for energy)
🧑🧒 Be at least 12 years old, and accompanied by a guardian if under 18
🧤 Gloves will be provided as well but it's highly recommended you bring your own.
⛏️ The rest of the tools, such as shovels, pick axes, wheelbarrows, etc. will be provided.
If you've got your own tools that you love to use or would like to share, you're welcome to bring them! Some volunteers bring knee pads/a stool for added comfort.
Email me back if you'd like to sign up!
This is how you get the link to the online waiver and specific instructions on where to meet the others!
Here's what we accomplished since the last project update:
In March, we had 3 events with a total of 34 volunteers (68 hours) who planted
60 species-specific California native plants using ~$525 of funding.
There are currently at least 2 owls in Shoreline Park as of March 20th. Daniel, our volunteer wildlife photographer (IG: @daniel_dezordo), shot this photo of the pair who've been watching us the last few months.
23 of us spoke at City Council last week, April 14th, to plead for them to demand that Parks and Rec staff hire another full time biologist to replace the last one they terminated ASAP because our owl population has been dropping.
I emailed Parks and Rec Staff (Mathew/Brady/John) on Tuesday asking for the February and March owl counts as well as letting them know their website where these numbers are usually located is down.
Here's what you see if you click "Monthly Reports" from their site.
It's been 48 hours since I asked.
They haven't replied.
I know it can be discouraging for us to try so hard and be met with such indifference,
but continuing to show up is the only path we have to save our burrowing owls.
If we don't continue putting the work in, we will lose them without knowing if we could've saved them if we just kept trying.
If you'd like to sign up for our only scheduled volunteer event this month (next week Tuesday), email me back!
Coo coo!
-Aisha
📺🗣️🦉 Watch Us Speak at City Council to Save the Burrowing Owl
Wednesday - April 15th, 2026Everyone did such a great job speaking last night! 🤩 I can't tell you how amazing it felt to be part of this movement alongside so many other passionate burrowing owl supporters. 🥰
I clipped and uploaded just the part of the Council Meeting that pertains to our owls, as well as popped my reaction in so you can watch it with me, again or because you missed it! 😏
Ps. Sorry about the audio! I thought my screen record would also record the meeting's audio. 😅
The Council passed the motion. ✅
Parks & Rec will receive more funding to pay LSA for banding (should provide us with a more accurate owl count), continued services, and the additional biological supervision required by the state because the burrowing owl is being considered for the endangered status with the California Endangered Species Act.
In addition, the Council demanded John Marchant, Director of Community Services Director, hire another full-time biologist ASAP. 🙌
Our next volunteer event is:
Tuesday, April 28th, from 9-11am
The requirements to join are:
☀️ Wear sun protection (sunscreen + hat) and close-toed shoes and pants that cover your legs (to avoid scratching yourself on the prickly weeds)
💧 Bring a water bottle (and eat a hearty breakfast for energy)
🧑🧒 Be at least 12 years old, and accompanied by a guardian if under 18
🧤 Gloves will be provided as well but it's highly recommended you bring your own.
⛏️ The rest of the tools, such as shovels, pick axes, wheelbarrows, etc. will be provided.
If you've got your own tools that you love to use or would like to share, you're welcome to bring them! Some volunteers bring knee pads/a stool for added comfort.
Email me back to RSVP and get the online waiver/instructions on where to meet along with the other volunteers!
Coo coo!
-Aisha
📰🌱 🦉 We're in the news today
Tuesday - April 14th, 2026If you're coming to speak tonight at City Council,
please log in (https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/84351267142)
or show up (500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041)
at 7pm to ensure you don't miss our item:
4.3--Biological Services Professional Services Agreement!
See you there!
-Aisha
❗️🗣️🦉 URGENT: Come Speak at City Council to Help Save Our Burrowing Owls!
Monday - April 13th, 2026Hey, everyone!
City Council added an item to their Consent Calendar (list of action items needing their permission) for their meeting this Tuesday, April 14th.
ssentially, Shoreline Parks & Rec Manager Brady Ruebusch, of whom I emailed to ask when we'd get another full-time biologist, is now asking the Mountain View City Council to approve additional funding to pay LSA, the contract biologists they hired to monitor our owls in Shoreline Park after they put our dedicated, full-time biologist, Phil Higgins on leave.
I've attached their "Council Report" for your convenience to review, but here's the gist:
They've already paid LSA $240,000 for the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year and are asking for $105,000 MORE, $345,000 IN TOTAL.
They say they need this extra money "to retain consistent biological services for monitoring and protection of the burrowing owl population at Shoreline during the time that the Wildlife Preservation Coordinator (dedicated, full-time biologist) position is vacant."
They outline the services LSA currently provides:
Weekly survey of burrowing owl activity
This is the monthly "owl count" I've been relaying to you
Supervising and recommending habitat maintenance
This has specifically only been "mowing around the owls' burrows"
Performing pre-construction surveys for activities that may impact burrowing owls or their habitat
Such as "landfill maintenance"
Here are the services LSA requires more funding to do:
Review project plans for construction projects
Provide on-site project supervision for construction projects
Begin banding the owls
Here's what their "Council Report" says about banding the owls:
"Over the first half of Fiscal Year 2025-26, LSA worked with staff to apply for a banding permit for an LSA biologist to be able to trap and band burrowing owls at Shoreline. Biologists at LSA were approved for the permit and are prepared to begin banding of burrowing owls in the 2026 nesting season. This will require the permitted biologist with LSA to be on-site and conduct banding activities in conjunction with other biologists performing the baseline surveying."
Here's the problem:
At most, our full-time biologist (Wildlife Preservation Coordinator) was paid $165,080.28 (pulled from transparentcalifornia.com) for his last year of work, of which he only performed half of before they put him on administrative leave.
He wasn't just doing the duties LSA is currently performing as their "baseline," but all of the following:
Habitat enhancement
collaborating with me to organize events where volunteers plant species-specific California native plants and weed invasive nonnative plants, increasing the burrowing owls' natural prey base
Public education
educating the volunteers who attended The Guardian Project events about the burrowing owls but other volunteers and on other species he was helping conserve as well
Banding
trapping and banding owls to more accurately count them
Camera monitoring
reviewing the various trail cameras stationed near the burrowing owls' burrow entrances to more accurately monitor them: their diet, and their threats
Juvenile overwintering program
collaborating with other organizations saving the burrowing owls to care for chicks over the winter in captivity before adding them to the captive breeding program, preventing their otherwise 70% mortality rate
Captive breeding program
DNA testing to pair the juvenile owls from the overwintering program for maximum genetic diversity/resilience
and then building artificial burrows with protective overhead structures in their natural habitat to ensure survival of each pair's clutch during the breeding season
these owls were all regularly fed dead mice during this period and, when Parks & Rec put Phil on leave, unexpectedly, guess what happened to these owls
Supplemental feeding
providing all known owl burrows--captive and wild--with dead mice, thrown inside their burrows
Preventing trespassers
he regularly told me of birders who'd climb the fence to "get the shot" and, before the fence, people letting their dogs off leash in the restricted areas
Saving other animals in the park
like trapping feral cats who threaten the owls, trapping ground squirrels from the golf courses to be released in the owl habitat so they're not intentionally killed (by poison), and conducting a multitude of other conservation projects for other threatened species
Basically, for up to $345,000, LSA will only add banding, from the above list of projects to save the burrowing owls and other animals that Phil was only doing for $165,000.
Brady and friends from Parks & Rec want to spend over 2x as much money on contractors to get a mere fraction of the services we've received with 1 full-time biologist.
And what are they even planning on constructing? Land development is enemy #1 to burrowing owls!
What makes this even more egregious is how the mowing hasn't been done nearly as well as it used to. Here is the most recent photo of our owls that Daniel took at the end of March:
NOTICE ALL THE TALL GRASSES AROUND THEM?!
This area should be BARREN to prevent predators from sneaking up on them.
Even worse, do you even see a burrowing owl count for February or March of this year on the city's website?
NO.
We currently have no clue how many owls are in Shoreline Park except for the 2 Daniel photographed!
By LSA's count, we had 27 owls in January 2025, and they last counted 16 in January 2026. That's a ~41% drop within a year of the owls maintained only through LSA and The Guardian Projects--our--volunteer habitat enhancement efforts.
So how did Brady respond when I asked the status on filling the full-time biologist role at Shoreline?
He said:
"We have not yet started the recruitment for the Wildlife Preservation Coordinator position. Staff is currently reviewing what we are learning from working with the contract biologists, the need for ongoing staff resources, and the timing for the recruitment. We will keep the City Council updated on the status of the recruitment and I will be happy to share notice when it is posted."
Here's what I say:
I say we go to the City Council meeting this Tuesday and speak up against this nonsense. THESE ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS, FOLKS, in addition to our back-breaking labor!!!
Here's how to attend to speak:
The meeting starts at 5PM PST but the Consent Calendar will probably be heard after the presentations, likely around 7:30 PM or later.
Shani, of SCVAS, who is also going to speak for the owls, plans on being there around 7:30 PM.
You can join in person at 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041
or online at: https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/84351267142
If you join online, raise your hand when Item 4 (Consent Calendar) begins and speak on Item 4.3, Biological Services Professional Services Agreement.
Please plan to keep comments to 90 seconds or less.
I implore you to attend to express your love for our owls and your concern over how Parks & Rec has been spending more to do less to help us save them.
I DO want City Council to consent, and they probably will, because we cannot afford another lull in any progress towards re-establishing care lost for our owls, BUT I also want them to demand Parks & Rec Staff hire another full-time biologist to reinstate all the care our owls lost ASAP.
I'd love to know if you're planning to attend. I'll see you there *virtually*!
-Aisha
PS. Our next volunteer event is Tuesday, April 28th, from 9-11am. Email me if you want to sign up!
🦉🦋🌱 Volunteer Next Week
Saturday - March 21st, 2026Tuesday, March 24th, from 9-11am!
We have 6/15 volunteers who've RSVP'd so far:
Daniel De Zordo
Heather Cowper
Diane Wang
Zheng Wen
Sue Emory
Sarah Chan
If you'd like to join them, here are the requirements:
☀️ Wear sun protection (sunscreen + hat) and close-toed shoes and pants that cover your legs (to avoid scratching yourself on the prickly weeds)
💧 Bring a water bottle (and eat a hearty breakfast for energy)
👨👧 Be at least 12 years old, and accompanied by a guardian if under 18
🧤 Gloves will be provided as well but it's highly recommended you bring your own.
⛏️ The rest of the tools, such as shovels, pick axes, wheelbarrows, etc. will be provided.
If you've got your own tools that you love to use or would like to share, you're welcome to bring them! Some volunteers bring knee pads/a stool for added comfort.
Email me back if you'd like to sign up!
This is how you get the link to the online waiver and specific instructions on where to meet the others!
Here's what we accomplished this week at the last two events that the next event will pick up after:
Here's what we accomplished this week at the last two events that the next event will pick up after:
We planted 20/60 species-specific, California native plants that I purchased from Watershed Nursery in Richmond.
We had to roll 'n' chip at the Friday event, so that's why we didn't get to planting the other 40,
which the group next week will start with.
I ordered and added the same metal tags Sarah Beaver used for the milkweed, because they are holding up well!
This way we can better track which species of plants are surviving and thriving to double down on planting them.
Here's where we planted the 20 we did get into the ground:
Mathew is watering here using the orange buckets he put 2 holes into on the bottom.
You can see I also picked up 4 bags of Cactus & Succulent Soil to backfill new plants,
but they gave me hella splinters so watch out! 😵
We also rolled 'n' chipped this area on the other side of the sunflowers.
The Googlers had a lot of guidance on how to chip around our plants from Benny, Mathew, and Heidi so don't worry!
I'll share more about this month's events in the next video update! 🎥
Thank you so much for helping me save our burrowing owls and migratory monarch butterflies!
It's been the best birthday week I've had in a long time! 🙇🏽♀️🦉🦋
Aisha with an 👁️
🦉🦋🌱 Volunteer Next Week
Thursday - March 12th, 2026Wednesday, March 18th from 9-11am
I'll be present to help prep and plan which plants and soil to pick up and where they will go
Guardians: please come to help me plan because you know the site and what's working best!
We have 6/15 volunteers signed up so far!
Friday, March 20th from 9-11am
I'll be present to host a closed Google-team event
They've requested a planting; I will be picking up plants the day prior based on the plan made at the last event on the 18th.
Guardians: please come to help me host because, again, you know the site best!
Tuesday, March 24th from 9-11am
This is our monthly "last Tuesday" event for everyone to attend
We have 4/15 volunteers signed up so far!
Email me back to sign up if you're interested and available to attend any of the above events this month (except for 3/20, unless you're a Guardian)!
Here's the most important point of the last video update in 3 min as a Short/Tiktok/Reel/FB.
I also updated the thumbnail and title of last month's video update; it's now:
I'm stoked to see y'all next week! I'll be turning 38! 🥳
Aisha with an 👁️
🦉🦋🌱 The Guardian Project February VIDEO Update!
Wednesday - February 25th, 2026After weeks of putting this together, I present to you our first VIDEO update for The Guardian Project!
Please comment, like, share, and subscribe!
Here are its contents (these are linked in the description of the video on Youtube):
00:00 Intro
01:17 Topics in This Month’s Update
01:39 Do NOT Email aisha@aishawithaneye.com
02:17 How to get these Updates
03:33 Success Metrics
04:00 How many Owls are there right now at Shoreline Park?
06:02 Why we counted Bugs before Owls
07:32 Why Google built the Black Chain Link Fence
08:58 Shoreline Park’s Monthly Owl Count on a Graph
09:14 Burrowing Owl Billows is in a Recovered Landfill
09:55 Why the City hired LSA’s Biologist Contractors
10:27 Update on getting back our Full-Time Biologist
11:07 Why Burrowing Owls are SO hard to count
12:25 What Phil has been doing
13:53 What this means for Our Project
14:41 Burrowing Owl Conservation Projects we should keep doing
17:03 Our Project is DOING GREAT but…
19:13 Metrics I’ll deep dive into next time
20:06 Recap of Last Volunteer Events
21:27 Our latest attempt to label Our Plants
22:35 Plan for Next Volunteer Events
22:58 KEEP EXACT LOCATION OF OWLS DISCREET
23:48 Project Needs
23:51 Can someone volunteer to own Milkweeds for Monarchs?
25:40 I need a new President for Aisha with an Eye
26:14 Donations!
27:32 Where my effort is best spent next
28:26 Closing remarks
28:47 Bird’s eye view of Burrowing Owl Billows
The next volunteer events are:
Wednesday, March 18th from 9-11am (I'll be there)
Friday, March 20th from 9-11am (I'll be there) -- This is a Googler + Guardian only event!
Tuesday, March 24th from 9-11am
Email me back to sign up!
You can also email me any comments, questions, and suggestions you have regarding the video update. Enjoy!
Aisha with an 👁️
🦉🦋🌱 Volunteer TOMORROW
Monday - February 23d, 2026Tuesday, February 24th, from 9-11am
We've got 0/15 volunteers signed up so far! Oui!
I've been slaving away at our first VIDEO update, which I thought I'd be able to send you in this email, but, alas, I'm not done with it yet and we don't have any volunteers signed up for tomorrow yet! ACK! I apologize in advance because I'm about to get real spammy. I will email you the video later today once I finish it! It's important, so stay tuned!
Please email me back if you're able to sign up for tomorrow's volunteer event to save our burrowing owls and migratory monarch butterflies!
The requirements to join are:
☀️ Wear sun protection (sunscreen + hat) and close-toed shoes and pants that cover your legs (to avoid scratching yourself on the prickly weeds)
💧 Bring a water bottle (and eat a hearty breakfast for energy)
🧑🧒 Be at least 12 years old, and accompanied by a guardian if under 18
🧤 Gloves will be provided as well but it's highly recommended you bring your own.
⛏️ The rest of the tools, such as shovels, pick axes, wheelbarrows, etc. will be provided.
If you've got your own tools that you love to use or would like to share, you're welcome to bring them! Some volunteers bring knee pads/a stool for added comfort.
Aisha with an 👁️
🦉🦋🌱 Volunteer Next Week
Monday - January 23rd, 2026Tuesday, January 27th, from 9-11am
We've got 2/15 volunteers signed up, so email me back if you'd like to join them!
We’ve got a volunteer bringing 196 native milkweeds we need to plant so please come help if you can! We had a team of Googlers volunteer a week ago to prep the area for y’all to do so! I'll show you a video recap of last year's work I've been working on Monday! 🎥🤩
Here are the requirements:
☀️ Wear sun protection (sunscreen + hat) and close-toed shoes and pants that cover your legs (to avoid scratching yourself on the prickly weeds)
💧 Bring a water bottle (and eat a hearty breakfast for energy)
🧑🧒 Be at least 12 years old, and accompanied by a guardian if under 18
🧤 Gloves will be provided as well but it's highly recommended you bring your own.
⛏️ The rest of the tools, such as shovels, pick axes, wheelbarrows, etc. will be provided.
If you've got your own tools that you love to use or would like to share, you're welcome to bring them!
🧎 Some volunteers bring knee pads for added comfort.
Coo coo!
Aisha with an 👁️
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