The owls can raise anything from 1 to 12 chicks in a summer season. To survive, their young will have to quickly learn to negotiate the dangers of city life. Longer hunting trips are sometimes necessary as open land disappears. But so long as the city can still provide food and shelter, these owls will remain a part of the urban landscape.
猫头鹰在一个夏季产出一到十二只幼鸟。为了生存，小猫头鹰不得不快速学会如何在城市生活中处理危险情况。有时，为了捕食进行长途跋涉也是在所难免的，因为开阔的土地所剩不多。但是只要城市还能提供提供食物与巢穴，这些猫头鹰就会一直作为城市的一部分景观。
A few hundred miles south of Silicon Valley, another city has grown up on the edge of the desert. This is Bakersfield, California. It sits on an underground reservoir of water, enabling its residents to live in a suburban Eden. This modern day oasis has provided sanctuary for a rare animal, one that emerges at night.
在硅谷以南的几百米处，另一座城市从沙漠的边缘拔地而起。这就是加州的贝克尔斯菲市。由于它建造于地下水库之上，这使其居民享尽了地利带来的好处。这座绿洲城市为一种夜晚出行的罕见动物提供了一个庇护之地。
The San Joaquin kit fox is one of the smallest and rarest foxes in the world. Yet remarkably, it flourishes on Bakersfield's busy street corners.
圣华金沙狐是世界上体型最小、数量最少的狐狸种类之一。然而奇怪的是，在贝克尔斯菲市繁华的夜市街头，圣华金沙狐随处可见。
英文文本来自普特英语，译文属秀哈原创，仅供学习交流使用，未经许可不得转载。
