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Boca Raton: FAU’s mascot faces a familiar foe — the university itself

Posted by The Coastal Star on September 3, 2025 at 11:25

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A burrowing owl perches on a sign at Florida Atlantic University. Students say the school’s expansion is taking habitat away from the threatened birds, which happen to be its official mascot. Photo provided by Jose Camacho

By Janis Fontaine 

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Boca Raton: Airport project can benefit wildlife as well as human life

Posted by Chris Felker on December 3, 2014 at 13:53

7960538462?profile=originalA nesting pair of burrowing owls

at the Boca Raton Airport.

Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

7960538063?profile=originalA few American kestrels call the Boca Raton Airport home.

Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Rich Pollack
    
    Life near the Boca Raton Airport may become much sa

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