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While the shots of Florida's coastal marshes and of the very cute, and apparently good-natured, burrowing owls give the film an eco-friendly veneer, the script also includes a stern and well-received lecture on property rights from Roy's father. Indeed, the plot hinges not so much on whether it is morally right to build on animal habitat, but whether a certain megalomaniacal chain restaurant executive fudged or didn't fudge a legal filing. (Washington Times, DC)
In 'Hoot,' more owls would have been wise May 5, 2006
That's where the burrowing owls come in: They already live there. It's also how we become acquainted with the three adult stooges who are supposed to supply the majority of Hoot's laughs. (SunSpot.net)
Hoot isn't much of one May 5, 2006
Endangered as they are, burrowing owls will be disappointed to learn that their cause has been hitched to a movie with little entertainment value, let alone credible strategies to save their environment ... It doesn't take much head-scratching to figure out that the barefoot boy has something to do with the vandalism and the burrowing owls that live on the proposed site of the pancake house ... If the burrowing owls and other threatened species in southern Florida have to depend on movies like... (Toronto Star)
Filmmakers give a 'Hoot' May 4, 2006
Hoot, by best-selling novelist and Miami Herald columnist Hiaasen, is the story of three Florida teens who are determined to stop developers from putting a pancake house on a piece of land occupied by endangered burrowing owls. The book, a Newbery Honor book, has been a children's favorite since 2002. (USA Today -- Life)
New Family Film Gives a Hoot! May 4, 2006
This kid is Mullet Fingers (Cody Linley), a young runaway whose sister, Beatrice Leep (Brie Larson) has been helping him in his quest to save the rare burrowing owls from developers. Roy joins Beatrice and Mullet Fingers' quest to stop Mother's Pancake House from building over the nesting grounds of these owls. (Comingsoon.net)
Tags keep tabs on owls in new home May 3, 2006
Local wildlife specialists on Tuesday placed special bands on young, burrowing owls to help keep track of them and protect them from humans ... Although the burrowing owls are not exactly an endangered species, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission considers them in need of special protection, listing them as a ``species of special concern ... In 2004, wildlife specialists began building ''starter burrows'' to attract and maintain the population of burrowing owls in Central... (The Miami Herald)
'Hoot' set in world of inattentive adults May 3, 2006
The burrowing owls in "Hoot" are adorable _ innocent-looking and inquisitive, they emerge from their holes during daylight hours if it's quiet enough ... Fortunately, these people are even more enchanted by burrowing owls than they are by blueberry flapjacks. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Giving a hoot May 2, 2006
When the Florida-native writer wrote a 2002 novel about Florida kids trying to save the state's rare burrowing owls, and the Florida-transplant entertainer-of-all-trades heard about it -- well, a movie had to be in the offing. Two of the state's environmental champions teamed to see if Hoot, Hiaasen's Newbery honored best-seller, could be a motion picture. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Summer movie preview Apr 29, 2006
Adapted from Carl Hiaasen's kids novel, produced by and featuring a cameo by the writer's buddy, Jimmy Buffett, Hoot is about a teen who defends burrowing owls' habitat, endangered by a local pancake house. Mammon: 3. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Inexplicable cruelty Apr 29, 2006
She has volunteered her time for the past three years to care for the birds and the other animals that live at the lake, including burrowing owls, bush bunnies, jack rabbits and a variety of lizards. Her attachment to the wildlife has grown, but that's not the only reason the recent killings have shocked her. (Modesto Bee, CA)
'Who' are you looking at? Apr 27, 2006
Marco Island is home to many burrowing owls, which can be seen in vacant lots throughout the island. Marco Island Sun Times 2006. (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)
Weekend Hotlist Apr 27, 2006
Drop by the National Aviary on the North Side this morning and you might end up with free passes to see "Hoot," a new movie based on Carl Hiaasen's Newbery-winning book about three middle-school students who take on land developers to save a population of Burrowing Owls. It comes complete with new music from producer Jimmy Buffett. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Volunteers give tiny owls new home Mar 26, 2006
But her efforts paid off when a makeshift tent finally went up to house five pairs of Western burrowing owls in an enclosed environment for a month ... Walden Media, New Line Cinema and the National Wildlife Federation have teamed up on the habitat project to kick off the May 5 release of Hoot, a movie about three Florida middle school students who fight a construction project to save a colony of burrowing owls, which are 9 inches tall and weigh 130 grams ... The group has relocated 750 Western... (AZCentral -- News)
With Pierson leaving, Amber Lake center to close Mar 3, 2006
Calls concerning burrowing owls in Englewood East, skunks on Manasota Key and fox squirrels are nearly nonexistent these days, he said. The animals are simply disappearing. (Charlotte Sun Herald)
Tortoises Lag Developers In Fight For Florida Land Feb 26, 2006
A gopher tortoise will dig a burrow up to 40 feet long and 10 feet deep, which it shares with creatures such as the threatened black indigo snake; gopher frogs; Florida mice, which are a species of special concern; lizards; and burrowing owls. Some of the species that share tortoise burrows could not survive without it. (Tampa Bay Online -- News)
Relay for Life relies on flamingo Feb 21, 2006
Burrowing owls are easy to spot in Cape Coral. Nile monitor lizards are harder to find, but not impossible. (The News-Press)
Officials, shops put squeeze on monitors Feb 12, 2006
Scientists fret Nile monitors could destroy Cape Coral's burrowing owls and whatever else they can get their jaws around. And, if unchecked, the large lizards could spread throughout Lee County and Florida. (The News-Press)
Public land eyed to relocate tortoises Jan 30, 2006
Among the species linked with gopher tortoise burrows are rabbits, opossums, indigo snakes and other snake species, quail, burrowing owls, armadillos, various species of lizard and frog, skunks and mice. Last week, a state review panel recommended that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission raise the gopher tortoise's status from species of special concern to threatened. (The News-Press)
State could shuffle endangered species list Jan 21, 2006
Mice, indigo snakes, burrowing owls and armadillos also move in. Habitat: Throughout the coastal plain of the southeastern United States; live in upland areas. (The News-Press)
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