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Tiny transmitter for a tiny owl New tiny transmitters allow the tiny bird to be better monitored. Photo courtesy Wyoming Game & Fish. Burrowing Owl Photo courtesy Wyoming Game & Fish Owl Trap Photo courtesy Wyoming Game & Fish Map showing owl winter movements Graphic courtesy Wyoming Game & Fish

During the summer of 2019, Wyoming Game and Fish biologists continued their joint effort with the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to capture and mark Wyoming burrowing owls. The project aims to learn more about the owl's wintering areas and their migration routes used to get there and back to Wyoming. The Wyoming effort is part of a larger project involving several western states and Canadian provinces doing the same.

Any adult burrowing owls captured are fitted with a solar-powered satellite transmitter to track their year-round movements. Juvenile burrowing owls only receive a leg band.

In July 2019, researchers captured 25 burrowing owls, including 13 adults. A total of 12 adult owls (6 males and 6 females) were fitted with the GPS satellite transmitters.

Researchers believe many of Wyoming's burrowing owls spend the winter months in Mexico. As of October 22, the female owl transmittered on the Pinedale Mesa was spending time in Arizona.

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