Today We Excavate a Burrow
Paul gets ready to scope the empty burrow. A small camera is on one end of the cord. He will feed the cord into the burrow to make sure there aren't any owls. Can you tell where this burrow is? We were at a local sports complex full of fields -- baseball, soccer ball, and pickleball fields. Owls love to dig burrows on these kinds of flat fields.
The scope attaches to his phone. Now, he can see what's inside the burrow's tunnel.
Paul digs straight down to remove a tunnel like portion of soil.
This burrow took about 30 minutes to dig out.
It went straight out about five feet but many burrows make a sharp right or left turn into a nest chamber.
One burrow was a half-circle in shape.
Then we replaced the dirt and packed it down.
And the last step was covering the empty, excavated burrow with a 4ft. x 8ft. piece of plywood.
Learning In the Field
Burrowing owl babies are owlets. The one far left looks like it's yawning.
The owlets on the right look shocked at whoever took the photo. 
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