The geotags, tiny data loggers and transmitters, are a great way to collect an owl’s location several times a day, providing abundant data about its activity, where and when it’s resting, moving, hunting, or migrating. But the tags are costly, and while some of these devices transmit the data to a satellite or receiver station, like a cell phone tower, others require recapturing the bird to download all the information—which can be a gamble.
