{"id":46084,"date":"2021-03-04T17:13:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T00:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/?p=46084"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:20:31","slug":"introducing-project-roam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Project ROAM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As our Project WAfLS<\/a> comes to an end<\/a>, we’re moving on to our next phase of Short-eared Owl monitoring<\/a> and conservation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introducing, Project ROAM – Reducing Owl Agricultural Mortality!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IBO is launching a research project on reducing Short-eared Owl mortality in agricultural fields. Our initial focus is on alfalfa fields. Alfalfa is the number one crop in Idaho from an acreage perspective (4.8x more than potatoes!) and our past research has shown that Short-eared Owls have a high affinity for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"a
Short-eared Owl nest, Lemhi County, Idaho. Photo by Ben Wright<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Project ROAM has Two Primary Objectives:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  1. Evaluate the effectiveness and cost of using thermal imaging drone technology to discover Short-eared Owl nests prior to alfalfa harvest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Evaluate the effectiveness and cost of various nest protection mechanisms on Short-eared Owl nests<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    We need your help!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    We welcome your March and April Short-eared Owl observations, particularly in and around alfalfa fields across all of southern Idaho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We welcome sightings any time of day, but Short-eared Owls are most active and easily identifiable in the evening (1.5 hours before darkness, continuing until darkness). For all reports, we will follow up with the landowners to negotiate participation (no trespassing please).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n

    The greatest thing about this project is that we are not just helping the species in general, but we are directly helping the individual birds in your area! WOW, pretty cool!<\/p>\nRoam project team<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    \"A
    Short-eared Owl in Camas County, Idaho. Photo by Rob Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Please submit your sightings privately<\/em> to Rob Miller<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    GPS coordinates are great, but not necessary. However, we do need sufficient directions to the individual field so that we may reach out to the landowners. To protect the birds and the privacy of the landowners, your sightings will only be used for this project and will not be shared with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As our Project WAfLS comes to an end, we’re moving on to our next phase…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":46086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,276],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-wafls"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIntroducing Project ROAM - Intermountain Bird Observatory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"IBO is launching a project on reducing Short-eared Owl mortality in agricultural fields. Our initial focus is on nests in alfalfa fields.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Introducing Project ROAM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IBO is launching a project on reducing Short-eared Owl mortality in agricultural fields. Our initial focus is on nests in alfalfa fields.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Intermountain Bird Observatory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-05T00:13:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-10T17:20:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/03\/SEOW-Rob-Miller-2018-Camas-County-ID.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"501\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Heidi Ware Carlisle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Heidi Ware Carlisle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/04\\\/introducing-project-roam\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/04\\\/introducing-project-roam\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Heidi Ware Carlisle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/560d65a995948c8d14c4c8c7ca972593\"},\"headline\":\"Introducing Project ROAM\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-05T00:13:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-10T17:20:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/04\\\/introducing-project-roam\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":305,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/04\\\/introducing-project-roam\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/141\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/SEOW-Rob-Miller-2018-Camas-County-ID.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"front page news\",\"WAfLS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/04\\\/introducing-project-roam\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/04\\\/introducing-project-roam\\\/\",\"name\":\"Introducing Project ROAM - Intermountain Bird Observatory\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/04\\\/introducing-project-roam\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/04\\\/introducing-project-roam\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/141\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/SEOW-Rob-Miller-2018-Camas-County-ID.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-05T00:13:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-10T17:20:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/560d65a995948c8d14c4c8c7ca972593\"},\"description\":\"IBO is launching a project on reducing Short-eared Owl mortality in agricultural fields. Our initial focus is on nests in alfalfa fields.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/04\\\/introducing-project-roam\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/04\\\/introducing-project-roam\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/141\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/SEOW-Rob-Miller-2018-Camas-County-ID.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/141\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/SEOW-Rob-Miller-2018-Camas-County-ID.jpg\",\"width\":1596,\"height\":2006,\"caption\":\"Short-eared Owl in Camas County, Idaho. Photo by Rob Miller\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/\",\"name\":\"Intermountain Bird Observatory\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/560d65a995948c8d14c4c8c7ca972593\",\"name\":\"Heidi Ware Carlisle\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/ibo\\\/author\\\/heidiware\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Introducing Project ROAM - Intermountain Bird Observatory","description":"IBO is launching a project on reducing Short-eared Owl mortality in agricultural fields. Our initial focus is on nests in alfalfa fields.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Introducing Project ROAM","og_description":"IBO is launching a project on reducing Short-eared Owl mortality in agricultural fields. Our initial focus is on nests in alfalfa fields.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/","og_site_name":"Intermountain Bird Observatory","article_published_time":"2021-03-05T00:13:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-10T17:20:31+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/03\/SEOW-Rob-Miller-2018-Camas-County-ID.jpg","width":501,"height":630,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Heidi Ware Carlisle","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Heidi Ware Carlisle","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/"},"author":{"name":"Heidi Ware Carlisle","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/#\/schema\/person\/560d65a995948c8d14c4c8c7ca972593"},"headline":"Introducing Project ROAM","datePublished":"2021-03-05T00:13:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-10T17:20:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/"},"wordCount":305,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/03\/SEOW-Rob-Miller-2018-Camas-County-ID.jpg","articleSection":["front page news","WAfLS"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/","name":"Introducing Project ROAM - Intermountain Bird Observatory","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/03\/SEOW-Rob-Miller-2018-Camas-County-ID.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-05T00:13:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-10T17:20:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/#\/schema\/person\/560d65a995948c8d14c4c8c7ca972593"},"description":"IBO is launching a project on reducing Short-eared Owl mortality in agricultural fields. Our initial focus is on nests in alfalfa fields.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/2021\/03\/04\/introducing-project-roam\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/03\/SEOW-Rob-Miller-2018-Camas-County-ID.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/03\/SEOW-Rob-Miller-2018-Camas-County-ID.jpg","width":1596,"height":2006,"caption":"Short-eared Owl in Camas County, Idaho. Photo by Rob Miller"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/","name":"Intermountain Bird Observatory","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/#\/schema\/person\/560d65a995948c8d14c4c8c7ca972593","name":"Heidi Ware Carlisle","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/author\/heidiware\/"}]}},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/03\/SEOW-Rob-Miller-2018-Camas-County-ID.jpg","author_name":"Heidi Ware Carlisle","cats":["front page news","WAfLS"],"featured_caption":"Short-eared Owl in Camas County, Idaho. Photo by Rob Miller","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/350"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46084"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53039,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46084\/revisions\/53039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ibo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}