Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Join UIdaho CNR Ph.D. student Anthony Locatelli on a 10,000-mile journey across the Western U.S., tracking the mysterious movements of western burrowing owls. His fieldwork took him from the deserts of Arizona and California to the high plains of Oregon and all the way to the Dakotas — locating, trapping, tagging and documenting the birds’ behavior along the way.
Under the mentorship of Professor Courtney Conway in University of Idaho’s College of Natural Resources, Locatelli aims to understand why burrowing owl populations are declining across their historic range.
Chapters:
0:00 Owls in the ground
0:52 Why research matters
1:13 Tagging owls
2:40 What we don't know
3:00 Releasing the owls
Join UIdaho CNR Ph.D. student Anthony Locatelli on a 10,000-mile journey across the Western U.S., tracking the mysterious movements of western burrowing owls. His fieldwork took him from the deserts of Arizona and California to the high plains of Oregon and all the way to the Dakotas — locating, trapping, tagging and documenting the birds’ behavior along the way.
Under the mentorship of Professor Courtney Conway in University of Idaho’s College of Natural Resources, Locatelli aims to understand why burrowing owl populations are declining across their historic range.
Chapters:
0:00 Owls in the ground
0:52 Why research matters
1:13 Tagging owls
2:40 What we don't know
3:00 Releasing the owls
