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Marco Island Florida Holiday Ornament - Burrowing Owl

Marco Island Florida Holiday Ornament - Burrowing Owl

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A burrowing owl standing on long legs at the mouth of its burrow, a red flag on the stake beside it. Marco's smallest landowners, and its most protected.

Burrowing owls dig into the sandy vacant lots all over Marco Island, and the island has decided to let them. Volunteers mark every burrow with stakes and string, builders work around them, and residents learn the rule early: the owls were here first. A few hundred pairs nest on the island, more than almost anywhere else in Florida.

The owls stand sentry at their burrows all day, bobbing when you get close, and a staked lot with an owl on it is as much a Marco sight as the beach.

A town that protects a nine-inch bird over a buildable lot is telling you what it values. The red flag on the stake is the holiday touch and the local signal both.

The Marco Island owls are burrowing owls, the smallest of the Florida owls, nesting in staked burrows across Marco Island, Florida. This owl ornament is a Marco Island Christmas ornament and burrowing owl gift, a Marco Island souvenir from the island that lets the owls go first.

Every Marco Island ornament ships ready to give. Hang it on the tree, in a window, off a lamp, or send one to the person who misses Marco Island most.

3-inch faceted crystal glass ornament, white-backed print, line-drawn in 1880s engraving style, your choice of white or gold gift box.


QUICK FACTS — MARCO ISLAND FL CRYSTAL ORNAMENT — BURROWING OWL

Town: Marco Island, Florida

Founded: Village 1870; city 1997

Known for: The Key Marco Cat (1896); the largest of the Ten Thousand Islands; a six-mile sugar-sand crescent beach

Art: Burrowing Owl, original Merlin Classics engraving

Blank: 3-inch (76 mm) round clear crystal glass ornament, faceted gem-cut edge

Print: white-backed for contrast; red ribbon hanger

Packaging: white or gold gift box, chosen at checkout

Made to order in the USA



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Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

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Made-to-order items can't be returned or exchanged for size or color, so please use the size chart and photos before ordering. If anything arrives defective, misprinted or damaged, send a photo and your order number within 30 days and we'll replace it or refund you.

How do I care for my item?

Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

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Our Marco Island logo carries the Florida alligator over “Florida Territory · Est. 1845,” the year Florida became a state — the shared emblem of every Merlin Classics Florida town. Printed in clean retro black-and-white that reads like an old crate label, the alligator stands for Florida as a whole; what makes this one Marco Island is everything behind it — the Calusa shell mounds and Indian Hill, the six-mile sugar-sand beach, the canal-laced planned island, and the Ten Thousand Islands at its back door.

Look at Marco from the air and you see a town laced with water — thousands of homes on navigable canals, a whole island engineered for boats. That is the work of three brothers. In the 1960s, Elliott, Robert, and Frank Mackle and their Deltona Corporation bought the island, dredged the mangroves into a grid of waterways and waterfront lots, and sold the dream of a planned island paradise to middle-class America. Marco opened to the public in 1965, drew tens of thousands to its grand opening, and a bridge soon linked it to the mainland. The quiet fishing island became one of Florida’s most sought-after addresses almost overnight.

Why People Visit Marco Island

Marco Island rewards visitors who want wide white sand, warm shallow water, and shells underfoot, with a rare depth of history close by. Add the boat trips into the Ten Thousand Islands and the year-round Gulf sun, and the case makes itself.

Marco Island Florida Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the Florida alligator over Florida Territory Est. 1845