{"id":30,"date":"2023-03-30T14:12:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T18:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rchristopherrogers.com\/owlsmockup\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2023-11-30T20:04:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:04:16","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" id=\"thinkingtop\" style=\"padding-top:62px;padding-bottom:40px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-site-logo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"114\" 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class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Acknowledgements<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-tertiary-color has-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:48px;line-height:1.1\">A multi-disciplinary project connecting arts- and science-based approaches to addressing the urgent problem of population decline for the burrowing owl (<em>Athene cunicularia)<\/em>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 2023, faculty, students, and administration from the University of Waterloo (UW) and Arizona State University (ASU) collaborated with conservationists from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wildatheartraptors.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wild at Heart<\/a> in Arizona to think through the challenges of rehoming burrowing owls at ASU. Through meetings with critical stakeholders, workshops on unmapping and value sensitive design, and burrowing owl habitat site visits, a <strong>living lab <\/strong>was established to investigate and rehabilitate existing (but vacant) burrowing owl habitats on the ASU Polytechnic campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2023, led by Wild at Heart, members of the ASU Polytechnic community renovated and&nbsp; readied the campus site for the rehoming of new burrowing owls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#444444;background-color:#f7f3e400\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.38%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/ASUpolyMarch-3.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the ASU Polytechnic community work with conservationists from Wild at Heart to install tents for burrowing owls at ASU Polytechnic campus in March 2023\" class=\"wp-image-54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/ASUpolyMarch-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/ASUpolyMarch-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/ASUpolyMarch-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/ASUpolyMarch-2-censored.jpg\" alt=\"Two burrowing owls visible behind protective netting. The owls are standing on the ground looking up at the camera. \" class=\"wp-image-83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/ASUpolyMarch-2-censored.jpg 800w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/ASUpolyMarch-2-censored-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/ASUpolyMarch-2-censored-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.62%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/ASUpolyMarch-1-censored.jpg\" alt=\"A group of five volunteers and conservationists from Wild at Heart pose in front of a newly erected tent and hold a burrowing owl up for the camera\" class=\"wp-image-82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/ASUpolyMarch-1-censored.jpg 800w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/ASUpolyMarch-1-censored-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/ASUpolyMarch-1-censored-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#474f51;font-size:0.9rem\">Volunteers and conservationists from Wild at Heart install protective tents for newly rehomed burrowing owls in March 2023.<em> <\/em>Photos by Maureen Roen\/ASU <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this website, we encourage you to explore and engage with different perspectives on burrowing owl conservation that guide this ongoing project. Pick a section to jump to or scroll through the project in order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull has-secondary-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"color:#000000\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-secondary-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px;line-height:1.3\"><strong><a href=\"#infrastructure\">Owly Infrastructure \u2197<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The plight of the burrowing owl, its broken habitat, and artificial burrows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px;line-height:1.3\"><strong><a href=\"#unmapping\">Mapping and Unmapping \u2197<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Get a deeper understanding of the places owls choose to nest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px;line-height:1.3\"><strong><a href=\"#interfaces\">Multi-species Interfaces \u2197<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you design an interface for more than humans?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px;line-height:1.3\"><strong><a href=\"#absence\">Presence and Absence \u2197<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Accounting for burrowing owls when they&#8217;re visible and when they&#8217;re not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Or, jump to the next section. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"#infrastructure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/down-arrow-button.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f8f4e4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" id=\"ecosystem\" style=\"color:#000000\">Artificial Habitats<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" id=\"infrastructure\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:5vw;line-height:1.1\"><strong>Owly Infrastructure.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50.29%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-extra-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#000000\">As their name suggests, burrowing owls nest in underground burrows typically dug by small mammals like ground squirrels, foxes, and badgers (although they are also capable of digging their own). In many parts of its migratory range, including Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America, the burrowing owl is listed as endangered, threatened, or a species of special concern. For burrowing owls, population decline is a complex problem but is closely related to habitat loss due to similar reported declines in burrowing mammals, compounded by human encroachment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To mitigate the loss of burrowing owl habitats, humans have devised a variety of artificial burrow designs to mimic and act as stand-ins for naturally dug burrows. Typically, these designs comprise of large pails or drums that act as the nest space, connected to plastic tubing, which is reinforced at the entrances to prevent predators from entering or destroying the burrow. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:49.71%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/artificial-burrow-building-1-censored.jpg\" alt=\"Pails, weeping tile, wire fencing and other materials for building artificial burrowing owl burrows. \" class=\"wp-image-84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/artificial-burrow-building-1-censored.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/artificial-burrow-building-1-censored-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/artificial-burrow-building-1-censored-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Material for building artificial burrows. Photo by Chris Rogers\/UW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:67%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Owl-Resettlement-ASU-Charlie-Leight-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Two shelters, placed back-to-back are installed in the nearly four-foot deep trough as Wild at Heart burrowing owl habitat coordinators demonstrate for a dozen ASU Polytechnic campus students and faculty how to construct new underground shelters for relocated birds on Friday, March 24, 2023. The birds were initially translocated to the undeveloped parts of the campus in May 2021. Unseasonably heavy rains flooded the habitats. Faculty and students from the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Wild at Heart raptor rescue and community volunteers installed weather-proof housing for the small raptors. The group installed six shelters, with plans to return the birds over the weekend. \" class=\"wp-image-68\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Artificial burrows before backfill during burrowing owl resettlement at ASU Polytechnic campus in March 2023. Photo by Charlie Leight\/ASU News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<p>Burrowing owls must navigate a broken habitat. As a migratory species, burrowing owls are subject to different regulations as they cross human-made political borders throughout its range. This creates challenges for conservation efforts as the burrowing owls may face different levels of protection depending on where they are situated.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-extra-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#000000\">Designing burrowing owl habitat mitigations requires combining local knowledge of the environment with an understanding of burrowing owl needs, while negotiating with stakeholders to determine suitable spaces for burrows will be installed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"#unmapping\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/down-arrow-button.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-tertiary-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" id=\"ecosystem\" style=\"color:#000000\">owly spaces<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" id=\"unmapping\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:5vw;line-height:1.1\"><strong>Mapping and Unmapping<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:38px;line-height:1.4\"><strong>Tending to burrowing owl habitats means pursuing a deeper understanding of the spaces owls choose to nest.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/owlart-censored-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"A large piece of paper full of illustrations of burrowing owls and owl-ish objects like a notebook. Owls are drawn in pencil and marker. All the owls have yellow eyes. \" class=\"wp-image-85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/owlart-censored-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/owlart-censored-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/owlart-censored-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/owlart-censored-1536x806.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/owlart-censored.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Art by Bella Goudie, Marcel O&#8217;Gorman, and Chris Rogers. Photo by Chris Rogers\/UW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Although they seem like an unlikely pair, burrowing owls and humans often live in close quarters. Because burrowing owls spend so much time on the ground, they prefer clear areas without many spaces like trees for potential predator birds to perch or large shrubs and plants where land-based predators can hide. This means burrowing owls sometimes find homes on the edges of farms or, in cities around clear lots. But as urban areas continue to expand, burrowing owls frequently find themselves in the path of developers. In jurisdictions like Arizona, burrowing owls are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and under state laws that dictate how contact with the birds must be handled and in many cases, how and where burrowing owls are relocated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">While there are many examples of burrowing owls being removed from their chosen nesting location, there are also instances of artificial burrow sites being installed in suitable urban and rural locations to rehome owls that would be otherwise displaced. Planning burrowing owl nesting spaces both in built environments like a university campus or in more remote locations like farm fields necessitates thinking through how humans live with nonhuman others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-tertiary-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:1rem;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1rem;padding-left:0px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rchristopherrogers.com\/owlsmockup\/wp-content\/themes\/twentytwentytwo\/assets\/images\/divider-black.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-473\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Questions for thinking through relations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color\">Seeing and working with burrowing owl nesting sites requires understanding spaces as multi-layered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color\">Instead of working with spaces through literal mapping practices, these questions invite reflection on how to life with nonhuman others. Using the categories below as examples, image how thinking through each layer enable humans to think relationally, especially when devising conservation strategies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/DeannaDent-BurrowingOwl-Censored-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"A burrowing owl standing on one foot on top of a wooden perch. The perch says &quot;Wild at Heart&quot; and is marked with the number 0. \" class=\"wp-image-78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/DeannaDent-BurrowingOwl-Censored-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/DeannaDent-BurrowingOwl-Censored-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/DeannaDent-BurrowingOwl-Censored-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/DeannaDent-BurrowingOwl-Censored.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A view of the burrowing owl habitat created on the Polytechnic campus on August 26th, 2021. Photo by Deanna Dent\/Arizona State University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\" id=\"History\"><strong>History<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Who were the first people to live in the area? Who has settled there since? How has the space changed over time? What expectations are there for the future of the site? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\" id=\"culture\"><strong>Culture<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the beliefs, values, and customs of the people who share a space? What tensions might exist between humans and nonhumans? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\" id=\"landscape\"><strong>Landscape<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the environment of the site? What does the ground feel like, how wet or dry is the soil? What is underground? What built elements are present in and around the site?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\" id=\"habitat\"><strong>Habitat<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>What other plants and animals, and other nonhuman life share the space? How do connections with other layers change habitat conditions from year to year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"#interfaces\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/down-arrow-button.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-secondary-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-10 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" id=\"ecosystem\" style=\"color:#000000\">Stakeholders<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" id=\"interfaces\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:5vw;line-height:1.1\"><strong>Multi-species Interfaces.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-11 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-extra-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#000000\">Working with burrowing owls, like working with any nonhuman species, involves constant negotiation: human-bird negotiation, institutional-conservation negotiation, owl-policy negotiation. Navigating these relationships is rarely straightforward as disagreements, conflicts, and tensions inevitably crop up. As humans attempt to create meaningful acts of conservation, it can be helpful to think through tensions that exist between the multitude of stakeholders encompassed by a project by reflecting on their values and attempting to identify tensions and ways those conflicts could be resolved [*].   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What do values have to do with interfaces?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-12 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:67%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/couple-3-web-censored-1024x722.jpg\" alt=\"Two burrowing owls standing with their backs toward the camera and their heads turned 180 degrees around to look at the photographer. They are both standing on a wooden perch marked with the number 6. \" class=\"wp-image-80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/couple-3-web-censored-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/couple-3-web-censored-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/couple-3-web-censored-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/couple-3-web-censored.jpg 1527w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by K. Karnes\/Arizona State University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<p>Like the example of mapping and unmapping above, thinking about values, especially the values of owls and other nonhuman stakeholders, can lead to new ways to engage in and imagine conservation practices that decenter humans and their needs. Decentering human values does not mean ignoring, in this case it is a way of reframing a problem that invites new ways of imagining how humans might interact with burrowing owls to foster interest, education, and attention to their plight. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> When you think about interfaces you might think about a smartphone touchscreen, but what about an educational sign at a park, or a poster in your school hallway? This project workshopped with user-experience (UX) students at ASU how they might design interfaces that account for values outside of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/UX-class-values.jpg\" alt=\"A whiteboard listing various human and nonhuman stakeholders of the ASU burrowing owl sites. Under each stakeholder is a list of their potential values written in green. Potential stakeholders include ASU, owls, visitors, students, administration, media relations, neighbours, and wild at heart. \" class=\"wp-image-71\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A whiteboard listing human and nonhuman stakeholders in the ASU burrowing owl sites and their potential values. Photo by Chris Rogers\/UW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Working in groups, students imagined augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) interfaces through which visitors experience burrowing owl rehoming sites. Students envisioned AR experiences where visitors could get an \u201cowl\u2019s-eye view\u201d of a burrow or get a first-hand feel for the values of a burrowing owl. Of course, thinking through values means negotiating and students also came up with ways to monetize and encourage more interest in burrowing owl conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"#absence\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/down-arrow-button.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f8f4e4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-13 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" id=\"ecosystem\" style=\"color:#000000\">Defining success<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" id=\"absence\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:5vw;line-height:1.1\"><strong>Presence\/Absence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-14 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#000000\">Seeing burrowing owls at a site with artificial burrows is exciting! It makes humans feel good about conservation efforts like relocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/20210826PolyBurrowingOwlHabitat_724-censored.jpg\" alt=\"Two burrowing owls investigate surroundings. One is standing close to its nest while the other looks on, watchfully from a nearby perch at the ASU Polytechnic campus burrowing owl habitat in Mesa, Arizona. Photo by Deanna Dent (ASU). \" class=\"wp-image-87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/20210826PolyBurrowingOwlHabitat_724-censored.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/20210826PolyBurrowingOwlHabitat_724-censored-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/20210826PolyBurrowingOwlHabitat_724-censored-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A view of the burrowing owl habitat created on the Polytechnic campus on Thursday morning August 26th, 2021. Photo by Deanna Dent\/ASU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Bateman-Owl-Release-Censored.jpg\" alt=\"A burrowing owl being held upright by a human. The owl is looking straight at the camera, eyes wide open and mouth open slightly. It looks a bit surprised. The owl has been tagged and its metal bands can be seen on its legs. \" class=\"wp-image-86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Bateman-Owl-Release-Censored.jpg 750w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Bateman-Owl-Release-Censored-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A burrowing owl being rehomed at ASU Polytechnic in 2021. Photo by Heather Bateman\/ASU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-15 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>But what happens when burrowing owls are not present?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-16 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rchristopherrogers.com\/owlsmockup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/West-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of an artificial burrow at the ASU West campus. The burrow is covered by large stones and narrow cinder blocks to prevent predators from digging around it. There are two capped metal poles on either side of the burrow entrance that are attached to wires that prevent predators from digging up the pipe leading down to the nest area. \" class=\"wp-image-47\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Abandoned artificial burrow at ASU West campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/EMCC1.jpg\" alt=\"A burrowing owl nest at Estrella Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Arizona. This burrow is covered in large stones to prevent predators from digging it up, and one of the stones close to the burrow entrance is painted with the letters &quot;SA.&quot; There is a large wooden cross in the ground beside the burrow that acts as a perch for the owls. \" class=\"wp-image-52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/EMCC1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/EMCC1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/EMCC1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Unoccupied artificial burrow at Estrella Mountain Community College.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Poly.jpg\" alt=\"An abandoned artificial burrow at the ASU Polytechnic campus. This burrow's weeping tile has been uncovered as it leads down to the main burrow area. There are large narrow red bricks covering the entrance and a grey cinder block under the entrance. A wooden perch has fallen over on top of the burrow. \" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Poly.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Poly-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Poly-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Abandoned artificial burrow at ASU Polytechnic campus. Photos in this sequence by Chris Rogers\/UW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Through research and trial and error, burrowing owl rehoming projects using artificial burrows can be extremely successful in a traditional sense, with owls taking to artificial burrows and even attracting outside owls, creating sites with large or long-term owl populations. But not all artificial burrows attract burrowing owls and not all burrowing owls stay when they&#8217;re rehomed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although burrowing owls certainly have a charisma that makes them impactful for humans to encounter, this project also works with questions of absence. This type of attunement to what is not visible asks what can humans learn when owls are not present, and should a site be considered a failure if burrowing owls abandon an artificial burrow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thinking through the presence and absence of burrowing owls invites reflection on the spaces humans share with these birds. Regardless of how threatened a burrowing owl&#8217;s population is classified in a given place, pursuing places of presence and absence figures how hopeful and helpful thinking about conservation and species at risk can come from investigating spaces where burrowing owls make their homes and the spaces they have abandoned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Return to the beginning of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"#thinkingtop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/up-arrow-button.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-contrast-color has-text-color is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-10 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:40vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><div style=\"margin-bottom:6px;\" class=\"aligncenter wp-block-site-logo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/ThinkingwithOwls-Logo-Censored.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Thinking With Owls\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/ThinkingwithOwls-Logo-Censored.png 443w, https:\/\/criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca\/birds\/safeowls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/ThinkingwithOwls-Logo-Censored-300x143.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:0.8rem\">Burrowing owl logo by Bella Goudie\/UW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:100\">Thinking With Owls was last updated in November 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A multi-disciplinary project connecting arts- and science-based approaches to addressing the urgent problem of population decline for the burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia). 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