Cape Coral Celebrates Sixth Annual Ground Owl Day

January 25, 2024


The City of Cape Coral invites the public to support Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife’s (CCFW) sixth annual Ground Owl Day. 

CCFW will hold the event at 10 a.m. Friday, February 2, at Pelican Baseball Complex, 4128 Pelican Boulevard. Ground Owl Day pays homage to the burrowing owl and, just like the groundhog in Punxsutawney, PA, each year, we look to the owl for guidance on what kind of weather to expect in the next six weeks.

This year’s event will feature Athene, the burrowing owl, and Cape Coral Mayor John Gunter reading the Ground Owl Day Proclamation. The event will conclude with a determination of whether Southwest Florida’s “winter weather” will continue for another six weeks or end sooner.